Spanish Bell

Tiny Tuesday: Spanish Bell


"The dissonant bells of the sea
Who are ringing the rhymes of the deep
As they sing of the ages asleep
Not so near or so far


And the old masters wind of the waves
Sped forth for the free men and slaves
Whispers of secrets it saves
And about whom they are


And the workings of sunshine and rain
And the visions they paint that remain
Pulsate from my soul through my brain
In a spanish guitar


And the laughter of children employed
By the fantasies not yet destroyed
By the dogmas of those they avoid
Knowing not what they are


And the right and the wrong and insane
And the answers they cannot explain
Pulsate from my soul through my brain
In a spanish guitar


To play on a spanish guitar
With the sun shining down where you are
Skipping and singing a bar
From the music around


Just to laugh through the columns of trees
To soar like a seagull in breeze
To stand in the rain if you please
Or to never be found"

Gene Clarke - For a Spanish Guitar

As I worked away in the office today, I could see the glorious Spring sunshine outside.  Better than not seeing it I suppose, but I would much rather have been outside enjoying it, sitting in the sunshine and playing guitar as Gene Clarke advocates.  

Fighting my way through the traffic home I had my fingers crossed for a bug shoot this evening.  Sadly it was not to be, by the time I finally made my way through it and arrived home the sun was gone from the garden and there were no signs of any insects to be seen.  So for JDO's first Tiny Tuesday of April I offer up instead: this Spanish Bell, not one of the dissonant bells of the Sea sung of by Gene Clarke, but a sign of better things to come for sure.