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Opening My Hand

from opening my hand by david edward walker

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Sacred are these days we have
‘though we may know them not,
they're like strangers who have passed our time
with stories we forgot
or seedlings we neglect to plant
or waves that won’t subside
who by their presence seem to say:
be glad to be alive.

And yet hunger drives us ever on
Consumed by our desires.
We feel the coldness at our backs
more than the warming fire,
lit by moments that are passing now
impermanent as wind
with flames so hot, we burn with fear
of trying to begin.

But oh to begin, begin,
I’m feeling my hand open my friend
with all that I was and all that I am
I’m breaking away
well before the rainbow’s end
all the time I have left
I’ve decided to spend
just opening my hand.

You can feel your heart exploding forth
with blood fed by your breath.
Each moment you are alive to now
should contrast with your death.
All that we love and seek dissolves
yet forever are we born;
between pleasures sought and peacefulness
are wandering hearts are torn.

So too this suffering yearning lost
we may feel we have been tricked
by the cruelties that are done to us
or the cruelties we inflict.
Competing for some golden ring
or just one hour more
with bitterness in our offering
while these beggars pass our door.

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from opening my hand, released February 13, 2023
david edward walker: guitar, vocal

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david edward walker Indianola, Washington

"With a style that encompasses urban and rural images, rich metaphors, spiritual themes, moving ballads, and ambitious fingerstyle guitar work, David Edward Walker (aka 'David Folks') is a singer-songwriter with special ability to reach listeners on an emotional level."
~ Music Hound,
The Essential Folk Album Guide

"Spilled poetic love." ~ Dirty Linen

"Folk Hero."
~Detroit Monthly
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