The Thread

from Tempest Tost by David Campbell

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The thread that held this quilt together
The silken lace and the golden train
Has broken and I don't know whether
I can ever make it whole again

The pilot that gave these charts their meaning
Has gone away and won't be back it seems
All I have is this rusty compass
All our passages are fading into dreams

Away, to some landfall
Where she might be released
From my expectations
And we'll both find some peace

I lost the thread
That kept this quilt together
The silk, the lace and the golden train
I'll gather them and keep them safe that
I may think of her again

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from Tempest Tost, released June 30, 2015
David; guitar, banjo and voice.

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David Campbell Renfrew, Ontario

David Campbell is a composer-musician who was has a large body of material in a variety of styles and fields. He is a successful composer of TV soundtracks (Nature of Things, Vinyl Cafe, For Better or For Worse, Sniz and Fondue, etc) as well as an active guitar player in a number of bands ranging from folk to progressive rock with many stops between. ... more

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