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Time and Mala

from Anima Mundi by Drew McNaughton

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Time and Mala

Wrists arresting in their delicacy
Adorned with mala on the one hand
And a graceful feminine time-piece on the other.

Both click out to heart beat,
Metronome of unwavering constancy,
Music pulsating in my body and mind.

I am in the presence of the genius loci
Which art and the Muses have exalted
And fulfils the completion of my soul.

Time is irrelevant, has no meaning,
Is a mere adornment because the sound,
The sound is of eternity, nāda Brahman.

The true meaning of passing time
I find only in your embrace
Which fleeting though it is
I know contact with you.
I know the Earth, giver of life
The emanations of which are understood
Only in dream time.

From every one of your pores
Extends a filament of light.
No shoes for you,
You are plugged in to the soul of soil
And rock and the mountains of home
Below which you were raised.

Fo beanntan gun chomharradh,
Only one mark in time, that of your birth
When the world became a better place.

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from Anima Mundi, released July 21, 2023
Music composed, arranged and produced by Drew McNaughton
Spoken word written and performed by Drew McNaughton

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Drew McNaughton Scotland, UK

Drew McNaughton is a musician and poet who was born in Concord, Massachusetts and has greatly admired the writing of Emerson and Thoreau for many years. At an early age he also found that he was particularly drawn to the poetry of W. B. Yeats which has continued to be a major influence. Now living in Scotland he has recently been listening to Gaelic musicians and singers such as Julie Fowlis. ... more

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