{"id":642,"date":"2020-10-01T14:36:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T14:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=642"},"modified":"2020-10-01T17:12:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T17:12:54","slug":"morning-sounds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=642","title":{"rendered":"Morning Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morning Sounds\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Io7QUb4eJQ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>I was dabbling in affairs of the heart against the backdrop of a broken one<br>And I was grappling with a promise I\u2019d begun, if only an unspoken one<br>But in the peaceful predawn, with the outlines getting clearer<br>I saw a child\u2019s reflection in the mirror<br>I was driving with the windows down<br>The day had not arrived yet but the morning had<br>And with the morning came the morning sounds<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>With the benefit of hindsight, the line above that jumps out at me now is&nbsp;<em>I saw a child\u2019s reflection in the mirror<\/em>.&nbsp;I have learned there is a&nbsp;three-year old version of me, scared and baffled, unobserved as he observes from deep within my psyche. It\u2019s his reflection in that old Plymouth mirror.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>I could hear the morning sounds<br>And the mysteries astound me<br>And the struggle it surrounds me<br>But it was only peace that found me<br>When I heard the morning sounds<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>Occasionally that vigilant little sentry boy, so determined not to allow anything to enter that might make us vulnerable to pain, momentarily drifts to sleep. In the absence of his worry and confusion, a ray of light shines through to dapple the perceptions of twenty-something, thirty-something, forty-something, fifty-something me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>I was leaving the apartment of some ballerina waitress girl I\u2019d met the month before<br>And I was grieving for the dreams that she was making and the parts of me I knew I\u2019d never show her<br>But in the dawn\u2019s confusion as the living things awaken<br>I felt the joyful side of me start shaking<br>And fatigue gave way to ecstasy<br>The day had not arrived yet, but the morning had<br>And with the morning came the morning sounds<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>I lived with my two best friends that summer in Charlottesville, Virginia. I played gigs in whatever little bar would have me and drank way too much, way too often. It was hazy to me, even as I endured it. I think Deanna was the name of the \u201cballerina waitress girl.\u201d She\u2019d danced ballet as a kid. I made up the waitress part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>I could hear the morning sounds<br>And the mysteries astound me<br>And the struggle it surrounds me<br>But it was only peace that found me<br>When I heard the morning sounds<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>The rays of light shine through still; as do the morning sounds. I hear them. (Listen). I feel them. (Listen.) &nbsp;Bliss. Peace. The presence of something infinite, binding in the gentlest of ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God? Love? The word I choose really doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/morning-sounds\/62164297?i=62164266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"78\" src=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/applemusic-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1F3uGawRRQ5G2dfFsO5FjH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"87\" src=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spotify-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:30px\"> Archives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=632\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"632\">Saint Jude &#8211; 9\/25\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=622\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"622\">1970s &#8211; 9\/18\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=610\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"610\">Blue Sky Song &#8211; 9\/11\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=24\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"24\">Midnight Ghost &#8211; 9\/4\/2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was dabbling in affairs of the heart against the backdrop of a broken oneAnd I was grappling with a promise I\u2019d begun, if only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-642","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649,"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642\/revisions\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}