CARRIE NEWCOMER - TWO TOASTS

Finally, after a very long time - a breath of fresh air comes my way.  I have been listening to classical music for quite awhile now as - well, I cannot stand all the screaming and my older soul pines for the soothing voice that once many many years ago had me almost mesmerized - that being Joni Mitchell.  BUT today while viewing some of my favourite blogs, Carrie Newcomer showed up - Her voice, like Joni's is soothing and Parker J. Palmers lyrics (actually a poem) are like the wind - angelic.  Enjoy!

  

"TWO TOASTS"

"To Words and How They Live Between Us…"

Praise be that this thin mark, this sound
Can form the word that takes on flesh
To enter where no flesh can go
To fill each other’s emptiness.

"To Us and How We Live Between the Words…"

And in between the sound of words
I hear your silent, sounding soul
Where One abides in solitude
Who keeps us one when speech shall go.

—Parker J. Palmer