WOMAN (John Lennon)

Woman I can hardly express

 My mixed emotions at my thoughtlessness

 After all I'm forever in your debt

 And woman I will try to express

 My inner feelings and thankfulness

 For showing me the meaning of success 

Woman I know you understand

 The little child inside the man

 Please remember my life is in your hands

 And woman hold me close to your heart

 However distant don't keep us apart

 After all it is written in the stars 

Woman please let me explain

 I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain

 So let me tell you again and again and again 

I love you, yeah, yeah

 Now and forever

Inspired by a poem by Charles Paget Wade (see below)

Craftsmanship

Charles Paget Wade (1883-1956)

Some ever would be where they’re not

Would ever have that they’ve not got

True  happiness  – contended mind

Sufficient near at hand will find,

Absorbing interests lie all around

Will by observant mind be found

Create something however small

There lies the truest joy of all

When brain and hand together strive

Real happiness becomes alive

In the pursuit the pleasure lies

The how and where-fore to devise

Though vision dreamed will far excell

The work achieved, yet it is well,

To have attemted is not in vain

Failure drives one on again

Great craftsman, asked once , to decide

Which was his greatest work,  replied

Simply with these two words  “my next”

For “ever better was his text”

zij – wij – jij - ik : als

sterren op blauwzwart fluweel

in ons universum

alles wat ons overkomt

heeft slechts tot doel dat Ene :

in licht op te gaan

boom en bladeren

laten als boek zich lezen

voor ieder die wil

ons dagelijks Zijn

aankoersen op volmaaktheid :

vervul je ideaal

jij en je wereld

stem je ziel in harmonie :

wederkerigheid

zielsveel houden van

zonder grenzen, groot gezin

zuster, broeder, Al

zelf-loos schenk de wijn

vul de beker tot de rand :

geniet vreugd en feest

je kijkt niet, maar ziet

sluit ogen, open het hart :

schoonheid-harmonie

er lopen snaren

van je wereld naar je hart :

kostbaar instrument

reiziger op Weg

leer je schaduw te lossen :

volmaaktheid – je deel