Kate Bush

Reaching Out

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See how the child reaches out instinctively
To feeI how fire will feel.

See how the man reaches out instinctively
For what he cannot have.
The pull and the push of it all.
Reaching out for the hand
Reaching out for the hand that smacked
Reaching out for that hand to hold.
Reaching out for the Star
Reaching out for the Star that explodes
Reaching out for Mama.
See how the flower leans instinctively toward the light
See how the heart reaches out instinctively
For no reason but to touch.

The pull and the Push of it all

Reaching out for the hand
Reaching out for the hand that smacked
Reaching out for that hand to hold.
Reaching out for the Star
Reaching out for the Star that explodes
Reaching out for Mama.
(Can't we see..............)
Reaching out for Mama.

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The Man with the Child in His Eyes

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by Theresa_Gionoffrio

18y ago

THE FOG contrasts the child's overcoming fear with the adult who sees/feels too much fear and ego-insecurity. Both must face the pull and the push of reaching out...

REACHING OUT celebrates the blind marvel of everything... The Big Bang... The Creation of Adam... Life, the Universe, the Human Condition... and maybe the filial-parental triangle, with its sad, inevitable pattern of discipline, needy clinging and breaking away...

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