09/10/2024
Mom and Dad asked that we mix their ashes together and scatter them at sea, so that's what we did! I wrote this tune when my friend Eden Ahbez (Nature Boy) died years ago, but I knew it was really about my parents and my daughter.
Ahbe and I spoke of many things, fools and kings, and when the subject turned to the afterlife, heaven and hell, reincarnation, etc, Ahbe said, "I don't know about anyone else, but when I'm done with this life, I'm going to turn into a great wind, and blow around the desert forever." I'm sure he's out there at his beloved Joshua Tree now, kicking up sand. :>)
Bon voyage, folks, on your new journey together!
I'll Turn Into The Wind
If you should think of me, on a summer's day,
Don't shed a tear, no, don't you cry for me, I'm not goin' away.
I'll be right here, in the gentle breeze, warm upon your skin,
Chasing the clouds, rustling through the leaves, whispering your name.
I'll turn into the wind, I'll turn into the rain,
I will be the sun, sparking on the waves.
And where I once was from, there I'll go again,
I'll turn into the wind.
We're made of energy, atoms as they spin,
All part of one, connected reality, around us, and within.
And though we each are unique, yet we are not alone,
We're part of it all, one perfect melody, calling us back home.
I'll turn into the wind…
I'll be in the stars, watching over you at night,
In a drop of dew, sparkling in the morning light,
In a flake of snow, perfect and unique,
As it falls from heaven… and lands upon your cheek.
And when my life is done, where I once was from,
There I'll go again…
I'll turn into the wind.
I'll turn into the wind.
© 1997 Rick Novak
