Every so often I hear a song which makes my heart beat faster and gives me butterflies in the pit of my stomach. The other day I found a CD by Suzanne Vega at the library and was listening to it in the car. The moment this song started playing I felt a fluttering of wings...St. Clare
by Jack Hardy
call on that saint
and the candle that burns
keeping her safe
until her return
plaster and paint
holding the fire
a poor woman's saint
holding all man's desire
bold little bird
fly away home
could I but ride herd
on the wind and the foam
all of the souls
that curl by the fire
they never know
all man's desire
watercress clings
to the banks of the stream
in the first grip of spring
when the snow melts to green
barefoot and cold
and holding a lyre
by the side of the road
holding all man's desire
call on the saint
when the white candle burns
keeping her safe
until her return
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lovely.
ReplyDeleteI see why it gives you butterflies.
ReplyDelete'put down your glass' snow patrol - my husband proposed to it (& we danced, i jumped!), I walked down the aisle to it and we had our first dance to it - needless to say, it gives me butterflies.
N. -- I just listened to Set Down Your Glass... it's beautiful...
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