Going in Circles

I'm an ever rollin' wheel, without a destination real

I'm an ever spinning top, whirling around till I drop
Oh but what am I to do, my mind is in a whirlpool
Give me a little hope, one small thing to cling to

You got me going in circles (oh round and round I go)
You got me going in circles
(Oh round and round I go, I'm spun out over you)

I'm a faceless clock, with timeless hopes that never stop
Lord but I feel that way, of my soul, my soul is stay
Oh but what am I to do, my mind is in a whirlpool
Give me a little hope, one small thing to cling to

You got me going in circles (oh round and round I go)
You got me going in circles
(Oh round and round I go)
I'm spun out over you…*

Is this our ode to COVID-19, 51 years later?

Going in circles?

An ever rollin’ wheel?

Our mind in a whirlpool?

Find your “little hope, one small thing to cling to.”

Embrace it. Share it. Cling to it.

Individually.

Collectively.

Today, we cling to and celebrate Ron Van Nostrand, poet, writer, activist, publisher and musician with two of his poems.

Ronald C. Van Nostrand (photo provided)

Ronald C. Van Nostrand from West Niles, New York, County of Cayuga was raised in the foothills of the Adirondacks. He now resides near Owasco Lake for the last 44 years with his spouse, Toni. Ron has been a writer all his life and a worker towards peace and justice during that time.

This too shall pass

They say that 'this too shall pass-

One thing I know is we will all be changed when and if it's ever over

Dynamics will change

People will change

Some of those we know may be gone.

Other things we have grown to know and love may disappear.

One thing that won't change, though

Is there will still be the same amount of Magik in the Earth as there has ever been

Flowers will still bloom

Trees will bud

Birds will sing and the seasons will change

Now is the time for the Peaceful Warrior to raise their head

Above the gloom and doom and confront the biggest enemy,

FEAR!


* * *

The PROPHET

He was cast up on a hillside and ministered to by angels                                                                                                                                                                                                             who taught him of a

better life,                                                                    far from the clattering clutter of the     

people below.

And when his time was ready,                                                                    he was sent back     

among the people,                                                        to speak the truth and teach the law  

and mark it with an O                     for the infinite eternity it is.        

But when he placed his truth upon a lamp stand,                                   to shine for all the

world below,                                                                  arose a clamor among the people,

                                                                "Turn off that cursed light, we're trying to sleep."       

* Written by Anita Poree & Jerry Peters

    Recorded by The Friends of Distinction in 1969

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