Dedication to John Dawson Read - a Friend of mine...
«Sometimes I think about my life:
Why can’t I see this Higher Light
That shows me where I am to go forever…
Oh, if I know what can I do,
What can I sing for reaching to
My only star that leads from fool to clever…»
I wrote these words when I was young,
The years gone by and I have sung
So many songs for goodness and for beauty…
And now I’m almost older man,
I’m nearly sixty and I can
Assert that life itself is sweetest duty…
And there is mystery of life
Afar from crowded city strife
To live each day in love and heartfelt giving…
So now I sing another words
And now I play another chords
And surely know enough of perfect living…
I’ve got enough of bitter-sweet
Of book of Life I have to read
And miss no word of this eternal scripture
And there’s no meaning where to start
While Holy Lord lives in your heart
Which loves and cherish every tiny creature
And if my life is done at last
There’ll never be regrets of past
I surely know it now – no doubt or sorrow
So when I reach my final creed
I’ll say «my Friend, John Dawson Read,
You showed me brightest way from past to morrow!»
20.11.2018