An Old Kitchen Table

And it is his words, his voice that make 

such an extraordinary impression…

. . . . .

KITCHEN TABLE

The same useless thoughts arise

but no one claims them —

Loneliness seizes the frame

and shakes away hope 

but no one is hopeless

no one is lonely —

The intricate preparations

for the next moment

direct you

to read this now — 

Surrendered to the One

who placed me here

I sit at the very table

where these songs began
some forty years ago — 

busy as a bee

in the solitude


– Leonard Cohen