Saaxiib Qurux Badan

And the emptiness you can’t seem to fill
Beauty fades & pleasures cannot take away the chill
And the glamour lures you down into a lie
Oh, but the cup of kindness never will run dry

You hear the vandals howlin’ down your walls
And arm yourself against the ones
Who want to see you fall
’Til some Holy Grail reveals the grand design
Well, it was in a cup of kindness all the time

– “Cup of Kindness”
by Emmylou Harris
(from her 2003 album,
Stumble Into Grace)

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Undeniably Real
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – March 1, 2024
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – February 21, 2024
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – February 7, 2024
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – December 3, 2023
• October Afternoon
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – October 1, 2023
• September Garden
• Like a Lotus Flower
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – June 4, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – February 14, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – January 16, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – August 25, 2022
• In the Stillness and Silence of This Present Moment
• I Need Do Nothing . . . I Am Open to the Living Light
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – November 25, 2021
• Blue Yonder
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – June 29, 2021
• What We Crave
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – January 30, 2021
• November Musings
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – November 18, 2020
• The Landscape Is a Mirror
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – April 16, 2019
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – March 29, 2019

Image: Saaxiib Qurux Badan (“Beautiful Friend”), Saint Paul, MN – Michael J. Bayly (6/27/24).