You have each made my life so amazing, grateful, and full!
Weathered but looking ahead to great times!
“In my father's carved face, the bright eye
he sometimes would look out of, seeing a long way
through all the tree-rings of his history”
____
Weathering
by Alastair Reid
I am old enough now for a tree
once planted, knee high, to have grown to be
twenty times me,
and to have seen babies marry, and heroes grow deaf-
-
but that's enough meaning-of-life.
It's living through time we ought to be connoisseurs of.
From wearing a face all this time, I am made aware
of the maps faces are, of the inside wear and tear.
I take to faces that have come far.
In my father's carved face, the bright eye
he sometimes would look out of, seeing a long way
through all the tree-rings of his history
I am awed by how things weather: an oak mantel
in the house in Spain, fingered to a sheen,
the marks of hands leaned into the lintel,
the tokens in the drawer I sometimes touch -
a crystal lived-in on a trip, the watch
my father's wrist wore to a thin gold sandwich.
It is an equilibrium
that breasts the cresting seasons but still stays calm
and keeps warm. It deserves a good name.
Weathering. Patina, gloss, and whorl.
The trunk of the almond tree, gnarled but still fruitful.
Weathering is what I would like to do well.
from Weathering: Poems and Translations (Canongate,1978),
by Alastair Reid
I am old enough now for a tree
once planted, knee high, to have grown to be
twenty times me,
and to have seen babies marry, and heroes grow deaf-
-
but that's enough meaning-of-life.
It's living through time we ought to be connoisseurs of.
From wearing a face all this time, I am made aware
of the maps faces are, of the inside wear and tear.
I take to faces that have come far.
In my father's carved face, the bright eye
he sometimes would look out of, seeing a long way
through all the tree-rings of his history
I am awed by how things weather: an oak mantel
in the house in Spain, fingered to a sheen,
the marks of hands leaned into the lintel,
the tokens in the drawer I sometimes touch -
a crystal lived-in on a trip, the watch
my father's wrist wore to a thin gold sandwich.
It is an equilibrium
that breasts the cresting seasons but still stays calm
and keeps warm. It deserves a good name.
Weathering. Patina, gloss, and whorl.
The trunk of the almond tree, gnarled but still fruitful.
Weathering is what I would like to do well.
from Weathering: Poems and Translations (Canongate,1978),
© Alastair Reid 1978.
Weathered (Live)
After all that we've been through
Tell me how I'm supposed to function without You
You've seen my heart be worn and used
You didn't leave, instead You stayed and made me new
Tell me how I'm supposed to function without You
You've seen my heart be worn and used
You didn't leave, instead You stayed and made me new
How sweet it is to trust You, Jesus
To know You, I mean really know You
Father, Son, and Holy Shepherd
A love so deep, it can't be measured
A love that's real
A love that's weathered
To know You, I mean really know You
Father, Son, and Holy Shepherd
A love so deep, it can't be measured
A love that's real
A love that's weathered
I could never count the times
You stayed faithful while my heart was compromised
You held me close each time I cried
When the last thing I deserved was sacrifice
You stayed faithful while my heart was compromised
You held me close each time I cried
When the last thing I deserved was sacrifice
How sweet it is to trust You, Jesus
To know You, I mean really know You
Father, Son, and Holy Shepherd
A love so deep it can't be measured
A love that's real, mm-mm
A love that's weathered
To know You, I mean really know You
Father, Son, and Holy Shepherd
A love so deep it can't be measured
A love that's real, mm-mm
A love that's weathered
More than skin and bone can offer
You're consistent through and through
Other love's just imitations
It cannot compare to You
Deeper than infatuation
Than the rush of something new
This is soul inhabitation
You're in me and I'm in You
You're consistent through and through
Other love's just imitations
It cannot compare to You
Deeper than infatuation
Than the rush of something new
This is soul inhabitation
You're in me and I'm in You
More than skin and bone can offer
You're consistent through and through
Other love's just imitations
It cannot compare to You
Deeper than infatuation
Than the rush of something new
This is soul inhabitation
You're in me and I'm in You, oh
You're consistent through and through
Other love's just imitations
It cannot compare to You
Deeper than infatuation
Than the rush of something new
This is soul inhabitation
You're in me and I'm in You, oh
How sweet it is to trust You, Jesus
To know You, I mean really know You
Father, Son, and Holy Shepherd
A love so deep, it can't be measured
A love that's real
A love that's weathered
To know You, I mean really know You
Father, Son, and Holy Shepherd
A love so deep, it can't be measured
A love that's real
A love that's weathered
A love that's weathered
A love that's weathered
Hey
Unconditional
Consistent, never changing
A love that's weathered
A love that's weathered
Hey
Unconditional
Consistent, never changing
A love that's weathered
Oh, it calls you higher
He calls you higher
He can make you whole
Hey, He can heal the wounds
Oh, oh, He's not afraid
He's not afraid
Oh, it's a jealous love
He's always pursuing, always pursuing
He's not running away
He's tried and true
He calls you higher
He can make you whole
Hey, He can heal the wounds
Oh, oh, He's not afraid
He's not afraid
Oh, it's a jealous love
He's always pursuing, always pursuing
He's not running away
He's tried and true
Oh, He's tried and true
It's a jealous love, it's a jealous love
Oh, He's jealous for us
He's not leaving you where He found you
He's calling you higher
He's not leaving you how He found you
Hey, oh, He's calling you higher
Come up here, come up now
Come up here, come up now
It's a love that calls you higher, oh, oh
It's a jealous love, it's a jealous love
Oh, He's jealous for us
He's not leaving you where He found you
He's calling you higher
He's not leaving you how He found you
Hey, oh, He's calling you higher
Come up here, come up now
Come up here, come up now
It's a love that calls you higher, oh, oh
This is the love of God
Always pursuing
He's never letting you go, no
He's not letting you go, hey
This is the love of God
It's always pursuing
He's not letting you go
Just hold on, He's not letting you go
Oh, yeah
Let it flow, let the love of God flow, hey
Always pursuing
He's never letting you go, no
He's not letting you go, hey
This is the love of God
It's always pursuing
He's not letting you go
Just hold on, He's not letting you go
Oh, yeah
Let it flow, let the love of God flow, hey
How sweet it is to trust You, Jesus
To know You, I mean really know You
Father, Son, and Holy Shepherd
A love so deep, it can't be measured
A love that's real
A love that's weathered, yeah
To know You, I mean really know You
Father, Son, and Holy Shepherd
A love so deep, it can't be measured
A love that's real
A love that's weathered, yeah
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