Ask for No More (song and photography by Brenda Tate)

Another of my original songs set in Nova Scotia - lyrics are here:

Ask for No More

The lighthouse that guards me stands tall and alone;
the tides move around her, embracing the stones -
old granites and greywackes, the cape's quiet bones,
are stitched to the fabric that made me.

The harbour seals grumble, the wild geese vee home
and a tern from the Arctic skims over the foam.
A rainbow at sundown speaks of good days to come,
even when half the planet's gone crazy.

You may tell me there's nothing but darkness in store,
when so many young people are leaving.
That night brings no morning, and the breaker's wild roar
carries off every word I believe in.
But I swear to you now, by the white gulls that soar,
this is my heaven. I will ask for no more.

The forests of hemlock, the ferns dressed in dew,
wait in shadow and listen for voices they knew,
whose footsteps once lingered, then gently passed through,
leaving bits of their memory behind them.

So I gather my treasures in baskets of reeds
filled with berries or agates that come from the seas.
I have music and stories. The ghosts hang like beads
on a necklace of years, where I'll find them.

You may tell me there's nothing but heartbreak in store,
as I see how the future is greying.
That dawn brings no change but disaster and war,
and if God's in this world, He's not staying.
But I promise you now, by the light on the shore,
this is my heaven. I will ask for no more.

This is my heaven, I will ask for no more.

Brenda Tate © 2011
(all rights reserved)

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[littleredmistic]

Love this!

[silharima]

@littleredmistic Thank you - I really appreciate knowing that. : )

[peoplestandup]

Wow your best work ever! We need hope for Nova Scotians thank you. I hear your beautiful hope IN VOICE you bring to this world, with your music, your art! Well I know your lights are on and a sent a very power message, enlightening, magical and those just few words to mention. Your video provokes my thoughts in positive light thank you! ;-) “BRAVO!”

[silharima]

@peoplestandup Thank you so very much. We do need hope. Sometimes the shadows and despair can be overwhelming. The news reports are invariably gloomy and hard to absorb. Life is full of tragedies, wrongs and horrors. And we have all endured personal setbacks, some major and debilitating. It would be so easy to just give up! But when I wrote this, a soft rain ended and spring sunshine poured over the landscape. It was beautiful, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty with my words.

[zzenzero]

You succeed in matching your beautiful voice with equally beautiful images. An opportunity to express all our senses. This is what makes You Tube so special with its treasure chest of magical channels of which yours is one.

Whatever may surround us, we can create havens of hope for those to rest awhile during their journeys. Thank you silharima, and thank you You Tube for being there. Namaste. :)