Could be..

A few weeks ago – a song from West Side Story came into my head.  I was whistling and humming it a lot at work and the tune would catch me late in the evening as I was at my computer – or while I was doing the dishes.

All I could remember of the words was “Could be – who knows – something’s coming something good…” Finally, after a week or so of the tune persisting in my brain, I looked up these lyrics:

Could be!

Who knows?

There's something due any day;

I will know right away,

Soon as it shows.

It may come cannonballing down through the sky,

Gleam in its eye,

Bright as a rose!

Who knows?

It's only just out of reach,

Down the block, on a beach,

Under a tree.

I got a feeling there's a miracle due,

Gonna come true,

Coming to me!

Could it be? Yes, it could.

Something's coming, something good,

If I can wait!

Something's coming, I don't know what it is,

But it is

Gonna be great!

With a click, with a shock,

Phone'll jingle, door'll knock,

Open the latch!

Something's coming, don't know when, but it's soon;

Catch the moon,

One-handed catch!

 

Around the corner,

Or whistling down the river,

Come on, deliver

To me!

Will it be? Yes, it will.

Maybe just by holding still,

It'll be there!

Come on, something, come on in, don't be shy,

Meet a guy,

Pull up a chair!

The air is humming,

And something great is coming!

Who knows?

It's only just out of reach,

Down the block, on a beach,

Maybe tonight . . .

All I know is right now, maybe for the first time in a long time, I am refusing to analyse every little detail of my life; assign it meaning; force it into a place where I can name it and inspect it from every angle.  I am just experiencing it.  And you know what? More often than not, the experience is accompanied by a wide smile.  Maybe I’m smiling because that good thing isn’t so far around the corner.  Maybe it’s right here.

Could be, who knows?