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From a distance there is …

Posted by: suncolor on: March 26, 2012

In the tenderness of the night they heard a voice
whisper – all music is holy

Tender is the Night

The cadence
and the power
of the lyrics
flowing through
the amplified voice
in the blue of
the night
threw a mantle
of pure magic
about the room

On that magnetized
cloud so dense
they waltzed
and the truth
of the lyrics
overcame them

The amplified voice
so cool
threw a mantle
so dense

And the good time
religion
and modern pop
found a unity
so complete

In the tenderness
of the night
they heard a voice
whisper
all music is holy

John Otim

 

dawn was breaking still breaking over africa

Posted by: suncolor on: February 19, 2011

on and on he sped, the howling wind gave him power, he listened to robins song, it gave him heart …

sail on silver bird sail on by

Posted by: suncolor on: February 18, 2011

… on the Milky Way wheezing through clusters of stars
she glides the space rover through terrains
none had been before …


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