Sunday.  Today is mother’s day.  I wish that my mother could be here.  Once again I would show her my gratitude for the kindness which she demonstrated to me.  She is not here however as each of us pay dues to time.  We are time bound.

This tune has to do with time.  There is much that we miss (beauty) because our faculties were insufficiently developed to allow us to take notice.  It is only by the backward look, in retrospect that we acknowledge our good luck, the beauty that attended our way.

The Night [Nights in White Satin] by the Moody Blues.  Be sure to “hang in there” for the poem recited at the end.

The Night [Nights in White Satin]

By The Moody Blues

Nights in white satin,
Never reaching the end,
Letters I’ve written,
Never meaning to send.

Beauty I’d always missed
With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is
I can’t say anymore.

‘Cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how I love you.

Gazing at people,
Some hand in hand,
Just what I’m going through
They can’t understand.

Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end,

And I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how I love you.
Oh, how I love you.

Nights in white satin,
Never reaching the end,
Letters I’ve written,
Never meaning to send.

Beauty I’d always missed
With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is
I can’t say anymore.

‘Cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how I love you.
Oh, how I love you.

‘Cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how I love you.
Oh, how I love you.

[Late Lament / Resolvement]

Breathe deep the gathering gloom,
Watch lights fade from every room.
Bedsitter people look back and lament,
Another day’s useless energy spent.

Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,
Lonely man cries for love and has none.
New mother picks up and suckles her son,
Senior citizens wish they were young.

Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight.
Red is grey and yellow white.
But we decide which is right,
And which is an illusion.

Lyrics by Justin Hayward, Siu Kei Keith Chan, Zhong Li Fang