May 25, 2019

2  A.M.

Deep in sleep

at 2 A.M.

I’m  traveling into

the deep spaces

of my unknown ….

I’m meeting

people and places

I don’t recognize -

don’t understand -

but that’s the

people and places

of  2 AM - whom

and where I’m

still wondering

and dreaming

and trying to

figure out about

on many a 2 A.M.

in the morning.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

The

giant

economy

size can           of earth

sprayed           morning

mist                        into

the                      whole

winter                  world

around                    me

and                          the

naked             branches

looked                     like

antlers                       in

the                           fog

and                    nature

kept              squeezing

and               squeezing

more                       and

more                     spray

into                          the

air                          and

named                     the

fragrance Morning Mist.

(c) From Andrew Costello

in Cries ... But Silent, 1981

These are a substitute for 

my reflections till I recover

from this double bypass

heart operation.

May    25, 2019


Thought for today: 

“Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.” 

Doctor Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, 

Mamillan, 1969

May 24, 2019

SILENCE

I entered the silence …

only to hear the air conditioner,

then a wall creak and shift,

then an ambulance rushing

down the street into the night.

Then the silence took over….

I entered the silence ….

only to hear the cries of the

children in the cramped homes

of the poor as well as the lonely

in the big mansions of the rich.

Then the silence took over ….

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

May  24, 2019 -

Thought for today:

“Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.”  

Duke Ellington [1899-1974], 

when asked  to compose 

sacred music, recalled 

at his death on May 24, 1974.

May 23, 2019

SCOWL  OR  SMILE

People see our face every

time they photograph us

with their eyes. What do

they see most of the time:

a scowl or a smile?

Second question: What

changes a scowl to a

smile? Answers: music

dancing and an invitation

to smile. Start watching.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

May    23, 2019


Thought for today: 

“Most of our oldest memories are the product of repeated rehearsal and reconstruction.”  

Arthur Miller, 

quoted by Sharon Begley 

in Memory  Newsweek, 

September, September 29, 1986

May 22, 2019

POWER AND CONTROL

Control: now that’s a big major life issue….

We’re often wondering:

“Who’s actually in control around here?”

We think that, because, my  will,

my plan, my desire is this:

that all be it done on earth

as it is - my idea about what heaven is.

Now, of course, God laughs at these

my thoughts and I better laugh as well,  

because in the long run everything

is in our control and context, because

sometimes the electricity goes out

and we find out nobody here is in control

because we have to exist without tv for a while.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

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