Reveille and Reverie

A L O H A !

  

“Sit in reverie, 

and watch

 the changing color 

of the waves

that break 

upon the idle seashore 

of the mind”

                       Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“He does not need opium.

 He has the gift of reverie.”

                              Anais Nin

“One of the best things

 about paintings

 is their silence-

which prompts reflection 

and random reverie.”

                                Mark Stevens 

“It is a good idea 

to be alone 

in a garden 

at dawn or dark 

so that all 

its shy presence 

may haunt you 

and possess you 

in a reverie of 

suspended thought.”

                James Douglas 

 “Do anything 

rather than give 

yourself to reverie”

                     William Ellery Channing 

                        (American moralist)

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I have always endeavored

to live in a Reverie.

Music, Musings

of the Mystic

Mind

hold for me

an endless

fascination.

Reverie needs

a space to be.

And creating this 

S P A C E

may require walls.

You might need 

your own apartment.

I did.

Requiring work

and income.

To leave a reverie,

for the hurly burly

of traffic and work

requires arousal-

(NO, not that kind)

- A sort of Reveille.

One steps up to preserve

one's Way of Life!

So blow the bugle

of today's daily tasks!

I will always

carry out

what survival asks!

But reverie

is my home,

my land.

Sharing it with

Y O U

is that Great

Much More

GRAND!

I'm grateful

for our time together.

Do less, Muse More!

Enjoy the holiday season

that is our Life.

                       Fondly, cloudia

Reveille