Janice Marie Foote's Musings

Leaves are turning
Many shades of
....golds
........browns
............reds
And many colors inbetween
The earth and autumn sky

Their edges are curling
They're ready to fall
Down below my feet
Onto hushed sidewalks

Capriciously I will step on the fallen leaves
- C - R - U - N - C - H -
Is the sound that they will make beneath my shoes
The sound that since as a child I have always loved
On my way walking to and from school
Weighted down by candy and books


~ Janice Marie Foote ~

p.s. leaves drawing by me...

Well there's sunny days, and there's Rainy Days, these lyrics are about the latter. They're about looking for the positive in the negative, even inside contemplation. About moving on no matter what weather nature throws our way. 'Cause too often we can get stuck in neutral when things don't seem to ge going our way. Maybe they are, but we're not seeing it in the bigger picture, because things are not happening how we think they should be. Though if there's one truth in how things are supposed to be, there's no rhyme or reason to it. So we've just got to all move on through the thick and thin of it.

Rainy days are drip drip dropping on my windowsill
Memories have got me all wrapped up inside tomorrow
Where raindrops dance on my tongue without sorrow
Loneliness is surely a sad book to read and follow

No I'm not gonna let these grey days get me down
So I'll put on my overcoat fly this coop for the day
Wander backstreets of wisdom on a prayer of truth
Under the sheltering arc of my wind blown umbrella

How my heart is burning and my heart is yearning
Above me dizzy skies are turning turning turning
Raindrops fall like polka dots onto streets below me
Mannequins dance the latest fashions behind glass

Rainy days are drip drip dropping on my windowsill
As I wander these city streets forgetting tomorrow
Strangers passing by gutters filled with sorrow
While time marches on whether you stay or follow

Shadows undulate under towering skyscrapers
They're mimicing passing clouds swimming overhead
Above the sun chasing the moon like butterflies
As the wind whispers sweet nothings into my ear

Oh sun don't leave me at my coldest hour
It's so lonely when the wind's howl is all I hear
After night is borne bringing this day to an end
The sun dancing across the moon in a river of stars

Rainy days are drip drip dropping on my windowsill
As I pack away all my hopes inside a better tomorrow
Where raindrops dance on my tongue without sorrow
Leading down railroad tracks where memories follow

Dreamily I trace formless shapes in clouds
Underneath migrating birds heading south
The years pass me by I wonder where they go
And my lover oh my lover where has he flown

Even though I know lovers come and lovers go
I wonder will I meet a lover who will stay
Or is everyone meant to walk away
As we head down this temporal road of life

~ Janice Marie Foote ~

Inside this...

cherished green haven
known to us as Blue Heron
where nature's preserved

Beneath a...

canopy of trees
where songbirds do sing sweetly
summer's melody

While above..

the sun peaks through the
between of trees emptiness
that whispers silence

If we...

quiet our mind's thoughts
we can hear the true beauty
that Gaia speaks through

To us...

in nature's green grove
where magical faeries dwell
spreading pixie dust

Along with...

rainbow butterflies
that flutter in and around
the lithesome flowers

That echo...

Pan and Gaia's voice
all the way to Summerland
on the gentle winds

That blow...

us onto our paths
where our souls can find peace in
this placid grove's calm

Under the...

leaves spiraling down
falling, spinning to the ground
where silence is found


~ Janice ~

jasmine scented days
caught inside my August throat
swallowing down hope

~ Janice Marie Foote ~

Inject the Music
Inject the Music
Inject the Music
Into my soul

Music is my drug
A fuel injection
Into my soul
Slide the needle
Into my groove
All systems go

The rhythm is pulsing
The rhythm is pulsing
The rhythm is pulsing
Through my veins

Music is my addiction
My perfect drug
That shoots up my spine
Blows me out of my mind

Inject the music
Inject the music
Inject the music
Into my soul

Music is my drug
All valves open
All veins ready
Inject it straight
Into my soul
All systems go

The rhythm is pulsing
The rhythm is pulsing
The rhythim is pulsing
Through my veins

Music is my addiction
My perfect drug
That shoots up my spine
Blows me out of my mind

Inject the music
Inject the music
Inject the music
Into my soul

Music is my drug
Tap a vein
Pull the plunger
Slide the needle
Into my groove
All systems go

The rhythm is pulsing
The rhythm is pulsing
The rhythm is pulsing
Through my veins

Music is my addiction
My perfect drug
That shoots up my spine
Blows me out of my mind

Inject the music
Inject the music
Inject the music
Into my soul

Music is my drug
Swimming in my veins
Straight up my spine
Right into my mind
Ecstasy I find
All systems go

The rhythm is pulsing
The rhythm is pulsing
The rhythm is pulsing
Through my veins

Music is my addiction
My perfect drug
That shoots up my spine
Blows me out of my mind

Inject the music
Inject the music
Inject the music
Into my soul

~ Janice Marie Foote ~

shake your booty
to body breakin' beats
that'll alter your consciousness
under psychoactive sounds
from where Shiva's hand reaches
to break open your 3rd eye

dance the ecstatic
to mind altering grooves
that'll be coming at you
as Shakti's energy shoots up your spine
straight through your chakras
right up through to your mind

~ Janice Marie Foote ~

When I'm strumming along to actual lyrics the beat and strum make total sense.

Now I have to be open to hearing the inbetween. The music part that connects one section of lyrics to the next.Not putting too much not putting too little.

So I have to...

open the ears. hear the spaces inbetween. what do they say? how do they want to be heard? to what beat do they move to connect? just listen.

So I can get it to flow and move from beginning to end. Some clues are set eg chords to pick from. The other clues to figure out is the cadence and rhythm. 'Cause that's what will connect the inbetween to all that is already.

This is my music task at hand... and to enjoy the process!!!

~ Create to Live - Janice ~

Quan Yin, Quan Yin, Quan Yin, our beloved Goddess
We cry out to you thrice for your infinite compassion and mercy
For you are the Bodhisattva of Compassion
For you are She who hears our cries
For you are She who answers our cries

Oh, Quan Yin
You of many symbols and mudras
One being that of the Yoni Mudra
The Yoni Mudra symbolizing the womb
The door for entry into this world
The womb that is giver of all life

Oh Quan Yin, the virgin Goddess who protects women
For it is You who offers us women a religious life
Or a life of marriage with or without children
For it is You, Quan Yin, who does these for those that desire them
For it is You, Quan Yin, who helps us women decide on a right life

For You, Quan Yin, You are our merciful Goddess
Who in one hand holds the pearls of illumination
While in the other You hold the vase
That holds the healing water, the water of life
That blesses us with physical and spiritual peace
At the same time, You hold a sheaf of ripe rice
That bestows upon us fertility and sustenance

For it is You that are sometimes found with the dragon
Symbolizing high spirituality, wisdom, strength
And powers of divine transformation

Oh Quan Yin, our Enlightened One, our true Bodhisattva
It is you who remains in these earthly realms until all have attained enlightment
It is You whom we ask for liberation from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth

For You Quan Yin
You are the Goddess of Mercy
You are She who is free from all pride and vengefulness
You are She who embodies noble attributes
For it is thru You, Quan Yin, that our rebirth and renewal is granted

Oh, Quan Yin, our most compassionate Goddess
We give many thanks to you ten fold
For it is thru our devotion to You, Quan Yin
That we become more compassionate and loving to all

~ Janice Marie Foote ~

Sometimes even long after our love leaves us we wonder where they are? What they're doing? How they are? Have they fallen in love again. Do they even want to? Do they ever want to see us? Sometimes these questions remain unanswered and we try to fill in the blanks with guesses, but guesses are never the same as a tangible answer. So we ponder over and over what would happen should we meet up again. Here are my lyrics Where is My Love? that I wrote for my love in my own wondering hours.

Love fades under the rising sun
Emptiness surrounds me under the morning sky

Where is my love
Where did he go
My heart wants to know

Where is my love
Can he hear me calling
At the break of dawn
Or is he too far gone
Traveled too far south
Along with summer birds

Oh love
You should have prayed with me
You should have stayed with me
I could have knitted us a home
Out of love and understanding
Its warmth would outlast the sun
That sets at the end of the day
Not like my true love for you
That remains under the rising moon

Love falters under the pale moonlight
Silence surrounds me under the evening sky

Where is my love
Where did he go
My heart wants to know

Where is my love
Will he return
Before winter sets in
Or will all there'll be to show
Is lonely hands shoveling snow
Deep in the heart of sorrow

Love fades under the rising sun
Emptiness surrounds me under the morning sky

Where is my love
Where did he go
My heart wants to know

Where is my love
Time bring him back to me
Today not tomorrow
Save me tears and sorrow
'Cause for his temporal love
I'd beg steal and borrow

Oh love
You should come back to me
I'll make breakfast in bed
Peel grapes at midnight
I'll handfeed your desires
Everything you could need
You won't want for anything
Beyond the grasp of your fingers
Underneath memories that linger

Love falters under the pale moonlight
Silence surrounds me under the evening sky

Where is my love
Where did he go
My heart wants to know

Where is my love
Will he return
Before the first summer's eve
Stretches across blue skies
When purple flowers bloom
Inside my sassafras heart

~ Janice Marie Foote ~

Dance to see yourself
Dance to free yourself
Dance to be yourself
Dance your essence...

Dance your essence
Within your presence
Spin and twirl
Into a spiraling whirl

Dance your essence
Back into your presence
Around you spin
Back to lifes begin

Dance your essence
Beyond your presence
Close your eyes
As your body sighs

Dance your essence
Away from your presence
Free your being
With your 3rd eye seeing

Dance your essence
Outside your presence
Let yourself transcend
Beyond your mind's end

Dance your essence
Into your presence
Trance to be one
With the infinite sum

Dance your essence...

~ Janice Marie Foote ~