new year new light

new year new light
Originally uploaded by Simon Latham.

swings and roundabouts

"Now dreary dawns the eastern light,
And fall of eve is drear,
And cold the poor man lies at night,
And so goes out the year.

Little is the luck I've had,
And oh, 'tis comfort small
To think that many another lad
Has had no luck at all."

Poem XXVIII from 'Last Poems'
by A. E. Housman

but luck can change:

"... I who
have been made free
by the tide’s pendulum truth
that the heart that is low now
will be at the full tomorrow."

extract from 'At The End'
by R. S. Thomas

;o)]

building dreams

"... and i recall, in spring,
the perfume that the air would bring
to the indolent town ...

... and i am nothing of a builder,
but here i dreamt i was an architect ...

... and we are vagabonds,
we travel without seat-belts on:
we live this close to death ..."

one of my favourite songs by the decemberists:
'here i dreamt i was an architect'
from castaways & cutouts

for this time

"...May your soul calm, console and renew you. May the light of your soul guide you. May the light of your soul bless the work you do with the secret love and warmth of your heart. May the day never burden you. May dawn find you awake, alert, approaching your new day with dreams, possibilities and promises. May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected..."

Peace and Light
love from
Si
x
;o)]