WELCOME TO A BRAND NEW DAY
Salutations to a brand new day
There seems to be a cosmic wholeness
I gather my resources to chart my way
The liquid notes of a quiet house
The hallowed doorway of the morning
Holds a very special kind of charm
A window is a remarkable thing
All that I was, I am and am not
I drink my infusion of worldwide leaves
Pretty thoughts dance in my head
‘La Paisible’ . . . a home of peace
‘Cead Mile Failte’ . . . one thousand welcomes
I am in very good company
Here I linger, my own aficionado
With my petit fours, tarts and crème brulee
Johnnie carried orchards upon his back
With fresh insight and boundless vigour
Seeds burst into sprigs then trees then forests
The original classroom in nature
Serious faced men drinking cervezas
One Harlem Sunday afternoon
Playing dominoes on wooden cartons
A smile, a chuckle . . . what a boon!
French restaurants, Spanish bodegas and Jewish delis
And many pleasant places more
Coexist in a gentle harmony
Like I have never seen before
The last rays of a fading evening
Clinking glass, pearls on black
The whisper of the bow on a Stradivarius
The evening enchanting in its act
It is now half-past bedtime
Oh how much we loved the view
Chutzpah on a day well done
Arrivederci to me and arrivederci to you
Robyn Toh
26th November 2009
Pic : Arriving at Avillion Nov 2007; Taken by May Fook
Note : 'La Paisible' meaning 'House Of Peace'; the name of Audrey Hepburn's home in Switzerland.
Note : ‘Cead Mile Failte’ meaning 'one thousand welcomes' in Gaelic.