Now's Love Song or Masterpiece in the Making

Wherever we are at in life, what ever part of the song,

may we learn to trust the Maestro

till the Masterpiece is complete...

My music sheet is a bit messy and paint-splattered  these days...

...hoping to get it a bit more organized today

before a belated birthday supper for Matt tonight!

(finishing this post while waiting for the cocoa-mixture to cool before

I can finish mixing the cake)

Matt's fav; Cocoa Chiffon Cake

This poem niggled beneath my ribs

from drifts of music from noisier

days gone by...

It seeps through heart-shaped holes, through walls weathered and whisper thin

A little like a gong that tolls when dusk is closing in

It gathers missing faces from Bygone’s lost places near

A love song of awareness to embrace the now and here

This is the life. Unfolding not upon yon fairer clime

That morrow is withholding; now is all we have of time

To touch and taste, to hug and kiss, to revel in the thrill

Of a love song we dare not miss as its melodies spill

...while penning lyrics to a tune not fully composed yet

A crescendo of crescent moon, a petal pirouette

A rush of sound and color, a rippling arpeggio

A test of will and valor as we hold, but to let go

A smile-tear-prayer glistened yes-no, a courage-christened leap

Now high, now low, now fast, now slow Now's ballads lilt and weep

To seep through heart-shaped holes, through walls weathered and wonder-worn

Where every gifted half-note tolls with love songs being born

© Janet Martin

Eph.5:15-20

See then that ye walk circumspectly, 

not as fools, but as wise,

16 Redeeming the time, 

because the days are evil.

17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, 

but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; 

but be filled with the Spirit;

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms 

and hymns 

and spiritual songs, 

singing 

and making melody

 in your heart to the Lord;

20 Giving thanks always for all things 

unto God and the Father 

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;