Be My Candle, Show Me the Way
A sestet poem from someone in need
Burn for me
Be my candle in the night
Burn for me
Make my life bright
Guide me as I make this journey
Show me the way
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
Stay with me
Give me your sight
Stay with me
Help me in my fight
I need someone who can be strong
Show me the way
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
Care for me
When all seems lost
Care for me
If all our paths we have crossed
Take my hand, make me strong
Show me the way
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
Burn for me
When my candle goes out
Burn for me
Without a shadow of doubt
Be my candle day and night
Show me the way
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
*****
[Authors note: In each of the sestet verses, the first and third lines are the same, and the second and fourth lines rhyme, leaving the sixth line the same for each verse.
It reflects the potential feelings and asks for help through the journey of someone with a chronic illness, such as cancer or a mental illness].
Till next time,
Calvin
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Calvin London
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan8 days ago in Beat
Comments (5)
Very well done, Calvin!❤️
This is heartfelt and so poignant! And the format is very creative 😊✨
I thought this was incredibly heartfelt and an important message to it. Love the format and you executed it like a pro! Great work, Calvin!
The way you've portrayed the need for love and care is exceptional 💖✨
Interesting vers form, very well written and the message is in these days the most important, great work Calvin!