Fire and Rain... Unleashing my inner witch.

Transported thoughts... (From FAERIES by Brian Froud and Alan Lee- Pan Books - 1978)

 A wedding will take place tomorrow. Not surprisingly, I’m not included on the guest list but my thoughts will be wending their way to the veritable castle that will act as backdrop to this age-old fairy tale set-up. 

Spying... (From FAERIES...)

Part of me would like to be a voyeuristic fly on the wall, but I shall just content myself by playing the time-honoured role of the uninvited witch, in my head. However, the wish I would make for the couple in question is actually being realized – that they should live together forever after.

Third time lucky, after all...

The Three Witches... Ex-wives PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE .(FAERIES...)

 Whenever I hear the below record, Fire and Rain by James Taylor, I just feel its beauty and no longer take it as a litany to “see me through another day”. People may change so much that you never see them again; they are beyond recognition, out of reach and have simply gone – out of your life but also away from all that had seemed to make up theirs. 

Worse still, the change is so radical that you don’t even want to acknowledge or see the person they have become, and in their eyes you are just a dead weight from the past. Then the one 'left behind' finally has to change in turn, passing through all the related emotional states and getting bogged down and stuck fast in certain ones! You oughta know.... However, this long drawn-out baptism of fire leads you onward towards the things that really do count in the present so it must be beneficial ultimately. You learn.

                  Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone,
                  Susanne the plans they made put an end to you.
                  I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song,
                  I just can't remember who to send it to.

                 I've seen fire and I've seen rain,
                 I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
                 I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend,
                 But I always thought that I'd see you again.

                 Won't you look down upon me, Jesus,
                 You've got to help me make a stand.
                 You've just got to see me through another day.
                 My body's aching and my time is at hand,
                 And I won't make it any other way.

                 Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain,
                 I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
                 I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend,
                 But I always thought that I'd see you again.

                 Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun,
                 Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around.
                 Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come,
                 Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

                 Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain,
                 I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
                 I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend,
                 But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now.

                 Thought I'd see you one more time again,
                 There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now.
                 Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now.

As for fairy-tales endings; no one remains spellbound for eternity. 

And now I shall return my inner witch to its rightful place....

FAERIES - Published by Pan 1978