" ...Remember the people have always struggled to live in harmony in peace ..." / Young and old working together

I was listening to the voices of life

Chanting in unison

Carry on the struggle

The generations surge together

In resistance

To meet the reality of power

Mother earth embraces her children

In natural beauty to last beyond

Oppressors brutality

As the butterfly floats into life

We are the spirit of natural life

Which is forever

The power of understanding

Real connection to spirit

Is meaning our resistance our struggle

Is not sacrifice lost

Is natural energy properly used

One time

I was visiting with my relatives

The clouds the mountains the sky

The trees

My relatives touched my spirit

Nudged it lovingly

Listen to us impatient one

We are forever

You must remember the gentleness of time

You are struggling to be who you are

You say you want to learn the old ways

Struggling to learn

When all you must do is remember

Remember the people

Remember sky and earth

Remember the people

Have always struggled to live

In harmony in peace

Struggle against selfishness and

Weakness so the people may live

As nations

The old ways are hard

The people have always had

To work together

Remember impatient one

Remember and live

Do not be afraid of truth

Respect discipline

Share your life so the people may live

Honor sky and earth

Honor yourself

Honor your relations

Remember impatient one

The gentleness of time

Grandmother moon

You are more than light in the night

You are more than the moon

You are spirit connection

Your energy is our life

You are memories to generations past

You are the creator of sensations

That will always last

You are the knowledge the teacher

The influence to keep the people sane

You are a healer for spirit pain

Grandmother moon

We love you and we are angry

At the invaders who trash you

And violate our universe with

Their mechanical uncleanliness

We pray for you for us and for the

Invader who just can't comprehend

Respect love or the balance of life

We do not join the invading madness

From the way they act

It speaks of spirit sadness

Machine money progess is the

Cause of our common abuse

We see you grandmother

We feel you

We love you

We know through your reality

We will endure

We are one

We pray for you

We pray to you

Grandfathers whispering in the wind

Rejoice at the life you are a part of

Natural energy bound to natural laws

You will survive this

Temporary madness imposed upon you

Natural life is longer

Than opperssor's

Illusionary insanity

Spirits experience human deeds

But need not end

This is just one place of changes

Spirit life is forever if you want it

The universe is your home

You can survive here

Do not let them kill you

Keep your spirit strong

For distant stars and distant drums

Are the memories of spirit infancy

Children of earth let the spirit live

So you can grow in you place

In the universe

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Sunrise doesn't last all morning

A cloudburst doesn't last all day

Seems my love is up and has left you with no warning

It's not always gonna be this grey

All things must pass

All things must pass away

Sunset doesn't last all evening

A mind can blow those clouds away

After all this, my love is up and must be leaving

It's not always gonna be this grey

All things must pass

All things must pass away

All things must pass

None of life's strings can last

So I must be on my way

And face another day

Now the darkness only stays the night-time

In the morning it will fade away

Daylight is good at arriving at the right time

It's not always gonna be this grey

All things must pass

All things must pass away

All things must pass

None of life's strings can last

So I must be on my way

Face another day

Now the darkness only stays the night-time

In the morning it will fade away

Daylight is good at arriving at the right time

It's not always gonna be this gray

All things must pass

All things must pass away

All things must pass

All things must pass away

Language of the heart that I need to hear today

 

The following is from the YouTube channel where I found the above video:

Written by John as an expression of his love for Yoko Ono, the song is heartfelt and passionate. As John told Rolling Stone magazine in 1970, “When it gets down to it, when you’re drowning, you don’t say, ‘I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,’ you just scream.”

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Yesterday while driving up the steep hill that leads to my home, I saw a dead deer lying on the sidewalk and found myself screaming in anger and grief through my KN95 mask.  When I got home a few minutes later, I called 911 who then contacted those who could remove the deer's body from the side of the road.  I am fortunate to have the help I need today and always.  The Beatles are part of that.

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Some other gifts

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"It Is Your Duty To Love" (Chris La Tray's blog)

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Joni Mitchell

"Nobody Sees Me Like You Do" / Yoko Ono cover

"... No one can see me like you do.
No one can see you like I do ..."

I'm patient. (from an old blog post that was brought to my attention just now)

Goodbye Sadness

Goodbye, sadness, goodbye, goodbye,
I don't need you anymore.
I wet my pillow ev'ry night,
But now I saw the light.

Goodbye, goodbye, sadness,
I don't need you anymore.
Goodbye, goodbye, sadness,
I can't take it anymore.

Goodbye, sadness, goodbye, goodbye,
I don't need you anymore.
I lived in fear ev'ry day,
But now I'm going my way.

Goodbye, goodbye, sadness,
I don't need you anymore.
Goodbye, goodbye, sadness,
I can't take it anymore.

Hello, happiness, wherever you are,
I hope you hear my song.
Never want to cry again
Or hold my breath in fear again.

Goodbye, goodbye, sadness,
I don't need you anymore.
Goodbye, goodbye, sadness,
I can't take it anymore.

John and Yoko and Lao Tzu

Looking for something else, I found this.

Black and White Series: Moonlight on the Water (2005)

Cleanup Time

Season of Glass (1983)

Yoko Ono released an album titled "Season of Glass" in 1981, a year after the murder of John Lennon. After John Lennon's death, I had a dream that John Lennon and Yoko Ono visited my home and stayed overnight. In the morning, they announced that they were going to hitchhike to Seattle. Concerned, I tried to dissuade them, but they were determined to hitchhike. After they left, I felt intense fear for their lives. Then I remembered that John had already died. He couldn't die again. With this thought, I knew we had nothing to fear. In the context of the dream, Yoko was safe, too. 

 When I look at this image today, I see a young woman and a young man at the beginning of their journey together. The man who bought this painting from me remarked that it reminded him of Diego Rivera's painting from 1925 called "Flower Day." I had not seen Rivera's painting before doing my drawing but went to the library to search for a reproduction of "Flower Day" and saw why he made that connection. I love Diego Rivera's painting.

From "Season of Glass": 

Goodbye Sadness by Yoko Ono 

Goodbye sadness 

Goodbye goodbye 

I don't need you anymore 

I wet my pillow every night 

But now I saw the light 

Goodbye goodbye sadness 

I don't need you anymore 

Goodbye goodbye sadness 

I can't take it anymore 

Goodbye sadness 

Goodbye goodbye 

I don't need you anymore 

I lived in fear every day

But now I'm going my way

Goodbye goodbye sadness 

I don't need you anymore

Goodbye goodbye sadness

I can't take it anymore 

Hello happiness

Wherever you are

I hope you hear my song

I never want to cry again

Or hold my breath in fear again

Goodbye goodbye sadness

I don't need you anymore

Goodbye goodbye sadness 

I can't take it anymore 

COMPOSED IN 1980 RECORDED IN 1981 © 1981 ONO MUSIC