teejtc
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Summer 2020
For several days now I've had the tune of "The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond" inexplicably running through my head. It is a good tune to walk to.
So, today I gave it "Camino Words." The beginning and end are the same only the middle phrase changes for each verse (Yes, some require a little bit of rhythmic flexibility....)
--+++--
Onward and upward and downard and inward
Walking the way to Santiago...
Enduring pain
Shedding tears
Uncovering hopes and
Conquering fears
...All the way, on the way to Santiago.
Clicking poles and thumping sticks protecting knees and saving hips...
With new voices to be heard midst the trees and through the birds...
Cows and cuckoos, hounds and snails sharing roads and sharing trails...
All the churches of the dead closed to pilgrims as they tread...(*)
As the body and the soul seek an end that's not the goal...
--++--
Grace and peace,
Tim
(*) Note: sorry if this seems a bit overly critical, but on the entire Primitivo route between Oviedo and Melide, only one single church - one - has been open. As a pastor I TOTALLY "get" it; as a pilgrim, it makes me sad. I'm referencing how many of the chapels are now cemeteries.
So, today I gave it "Camino Words." The beginning and end are the same only the middle phrase changes for each verse (Yes, some require a little bit of rhythmic flexibility....)
--+++--
Onward and upward and downard and inward
Walking the way to Santiago...
Enduring pain
Shedding tears
Uncovering hopes and
Conquering fears
...All the way, on the way to Santiago.
Clicking poles and thumping sticks protecting knees and saving hips...
With new voices to be heard midst the trees and through the birds...
Cows and cuckoos, hounds and snails sharing roads and sharing trails...
All the churches of the dead closed to pilgrims as they tread...(*)
As the body and the soul seek an end that's not the goal...
--++--
Grace and peace,
Tim
(*) Note: sorry if this seems a bit overly critical, but on the entire Primitivo route between Oviedo and Melide, only one single church - one - has been open. As a pastor I TOTALLY "get" it; as a pilgrim, it makes me sad. I'm referencing how many of the chapels are now cemeteries.