What's the Story, Morning Glory?

 

In the Victorian meaning of flowers, morning glory signifies love, affection or mortality. 

The flowers blossom in the morning and die by afternoon or nightfall, making them representative of the sometimes fleeting nature of affection, and of unrequited love.

But the vine produces new flowers every day during its growth season, representing the renewable nature of love.

Images of morning glory vines can be found on Victorian headstones, symbolizing mortality, mourning, the shortness of life or the hope of resurrection

The star-shaped flower is also symbolic of a single day each year in which the Chinese lovers, Chien Niu and Chih Neu, are allowed to meet. 

According to Chinese lore, Chien Niu was a boy star who was entrusted to take care of water buffalo in the heavenly kingdom. 

A girl star named Chih Neu was put in charge of seamstress duties. 

They fell in love, and the romance caused them to neglect their duties.

In anger, the gods forced the young lovers to be separated on both sides of the Silver River and allowed them to meet only once during the whole year.

Am having a hard job settling to work I promised to complete... 

Feeling antsy... restless...unrequited! (not in love, but in life!)

Easy-peasey writing job, promising plentiful greenbacks, need the moolah, 

Heart's not in it... 

What does that say?

Self sabotage?

Can beggars be choosers?

Can I convince myself that 'the ends justify the means'?

Or is it time to 'walk the talk' some more and say "yes" only to things that make my heart sing?

Follow the path with heart?

 

LYRICS: 

All your dreams are made
When you're chained to (your) mirror with (your) razor blade
Today's the day that all the world will see
Another sunny afternoon
(I'm) walking to the sound of your favorite tune
Tomorrow never knows what it doesn't know too soon

Need a little time to wake up
Need a little time to wake up wake up
Need a little time to wake up
Need a little time to rest your mind
You know you should so I guess you might as well

What's the story morning glory?
Well
(you) need a little time to wake up
Wake up well
What's the story morning glory?
Well
Need a little time to wake up
Wake up

(Cos) all your dreams are made
Now you're chained to the mirror with your razor blade
Today's the day that all the world will see
(It's) another sunny afternoon
Yeah I'm walking to the sound of my favorite tune
Tomorrow doesn't know what it doesn't know too soon

Need a little time to wake up
Need a little time to wake up
Need a little time to wake up
Need a little time to rest your mind
You know you should so I guess that you might as well

What's the story morning glory?
Well
Need a little time to wake up, wake up
Well
What's the story morning glory?
Well

Need a little time to wake up, wake up
Well
What's the story morning glory?
Well
Need a little time to wake up, wake up
Well
What's the story morning glory?
Well? 

 

I just don't want to help perpetuate

the current paradigm any longer...

I need a
spiritually,

environmentally, 

socially, 

economically,

enlightened
PATRON

who will support
my writing
and activism work!!! 

Roll up, roll up
whoever,
wherever,
you are...

The Time Is Now!