I have a need

Thursday; a tiring day, followed by a relaxing evening.

Sporadically interspersed with moments of anxiety. (A high pitched squeaky ‘eek’ sound would be appropriate about now.)

My mind has been thinking about the next couple of weeks when my diary appears to go a little crazy.

Not quite sure how I’m going to cope with it all. But for now, I’m trying to push it all out of my mind, and instead focus on the present.

On this moment.

Now.

Listening to a great song by Mary Chapin Carpenter that helps me do this. It’s called "I have a need for solitude."

Why not take a moment, and reflect on these soothing words and melody….

 

"I Have A Need For Solitude" by Mary Chapin Carpenter

I have a need
For solitude
I'll never be
Safe in crowded rooms
I like the sound
Of silence coming on
I come around
When everyone has gone

I have a need
For cool, verdant spaces
Beneath the trees
Secret empty places
Nobody knows
So no one will intrude
I have a need
For solitude

But you can find me, when the light is changing
At that time of day when there's
Little day remaining
You can find me where I've been waiting
Waiting here for you

I never was
The pretty girl in school
I never was
Fast, tough and cool
All I was
All my life it seems
Was hard to love
Harder now to keep

But you can find me, when the light is changing
At that time of day when there's
Little day remaining

I have a need
For solitude
I'll never be
Safe in crowded rooms
I like the sound
Of silence coming on
I come around when all the rest have gone...

 

xxx