This is written for Your Song Contest. |
Meditation on Calypso Although I have never been on a wind-powered vessel of any type, John Denver’s Calypso speaks directly to my spirit. This is the song of my soul, it reflects the way my life goes and the way I feel. Sometimes I am riding “the crest of a wild raging storm” and sometimes “a crystal clear ocean”. However, whether I am riding the storm or on a calm sea, I am always attempting to ask the unknown questions and find the answers to them. I feel that like calypso I am a laboring “in the service of life” and continually growing. I find that no matter where I am in life I always have someone to guide me through the dark ocean. No matter how bad the storm the calm is approaching. Calypso By John Denver To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm To work in the service of life and the living In search of the answers to questions unknown To be part of the movement and part of the growing Part of beginning to understand Aye, calypso, the places you’ve been to The things that you’ve shown us The stories you tell Aye, calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you So long and so well Like the dolphin who guides you You bring us beside you To light up the darkness and show us the way For though we are strangers in your silent world To live on the land we must learn from the sea To be true as the tide And free as the wind-swell Joyful and loving in letting it be Aye, calypso, the places you’ve been to The things that you’ve shown us The stories you tell Aye, calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you So long and so well Aye, calypso, the places you’ve been to The things that you’ve shown us The stories you tell Aye, calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you So long and so well |