Fighting with the sky.

I found this song on one of my favourite blogs
The Mermaid Chronicles 
Its called Die, Die, Die by The Avett Brothers and just really resonated with me today. 

(P.s. The 'Die' lyric is a singing sound, the song isn't about death)!

She’s fighting with the sky
She thinks she can
Livin’ within a lie
She thinks she can
But nobody knows what lies behind
The days before the day we die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die

She puts her hands against
The life she had
Living with ignorance
Blissful and sad
But nobody knows what lies behind
The days before the day we die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die

You can try to swim the sea
But say goodbye to you and me
You can try to swim the sea
You can try to hold the breeze
You can try to hide the sun
But say goodbye to everyone
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die

Perhaps because I'm sat behind a computer screen I feel brave enough to admit that I'm not feeling all that great today. An Iranian refugee I know, told me a little of their life history and its really perplexed me. I moan about frustrations within the parameters of my own life without really knowing a thing about real suffering, of knowing loss and sadness beyond myself.

I'll soon be posting about the residential weekend I had in Yorkshire with the Birmigham refugee youth group. This will explain more about our experiences as a newly formed group and our ambitions for the future.

Meanwhile today the weather is all connotations of the word grey, so perhaps I'm mourning the passing of summer too. Eitherway my mood is unmistakingly melancholy - for now. We all have the power to change our perspectives so I'm going to make a cup of tea, put on some reggae and paint until I'm happy again.

Have sunshine my friends

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