Ride Like the Wind

from Sweet Insomnia by Harper Meader

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Ride Like the Wind
By Harper Meader
Partial capo 2

I saw an old man,
Years borne by his cane,
Beard blown in the wind.
He watched a horse limping
Swaybacked, said to him,
Our hearts don’t know how we’re lame.
Our hearts don’t know how we’re lame!

We could ride like the wind!
As though days never end!

I dreamed a young colt,
Nose turned to the wind,
Hooves like sparks flashing bright.
And then a tall man,
Lithe like the youth within
With fists full of mane jumped astride,
With fists full of mane jumped astride!

And they ride like the wind!
And their days never end!

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from Sweet Insomnia, released November 18, 2014
“Ride Like the Wind” has been simmering in my heart for years, since I read a poem by Wendell Berry that made me want to hold onto my father and never let go. Go and find a copy of “Entries,” by Mr. Berry, just trust me. The last poem in it, “Come Forth,” sat in my consciousness, prodding me to write something of my own, from the day I first read it. In 2014 on Father’s Day I found my father working his garden, just a few steps from the grave of his beloved horse Gandalf, and played it for him. After all he has given me, this one song is probably the best thing I have done in return.

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Harper Meader Sidney, Maine

Harper Meader lives in Maine with his inspiration, Honey, in their unique cordwood masonry hideaway, where, when he's not writing new music for guitar and folk harp, he's pursuing numerous creative interests like scrimshaw jewelry, brewing mead, and writing poetry and fiction. Family, love, and the Land-spirits put a guitar on his knee and a pencil in his hand at every turn. ... more

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