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I see the mountains, | I see the mountains,<Br> | ||
I see the sea, | I see the sea,<Br> | ||
And sometimes | And sometimes<Br> | ||
Both together. | Both together.<Br> | ||
~ | ~<Br> | ||
I've heard their voices | I've heard their voices<Br> | ||
and sung their songs; | and sung their songs;<Br> | ||
Noted their signs inscribed | Noted their signs inscribed<Br> | ||
On Gaia's fluid face. | On Gaia's fluid face.<Br> | ||
~ | ~<Br> | ||
I could tell you | I could tell you<Br> | ||
What I was gifted, | What I was gifted,<Br> | ||
What I received | What I received<Br> | ||
Into my mind and heart, | Into my mind and heart,<Br> | ||
Soul and spirit. | Soul and spirit.<Br> | ||
~ | ~<Br> | ||
But as our ears | But as our ears<Br> | ||
Are different, | Are different,<Br> | ||
Unique; | Unique;<Br> | ||
What you hear | What you hear<Br> | ||
Will be measured, weighed, | Will be measured, weighed,<Br> | ||
Sifted, filtered, | Sifted, filtered,<Br> | ||
By what you are. | By what you are.<Br> | ||
~ | ~<Br> | ||
And yet, | And yet,<Br> | ||
Again the words | Again the words<Br> | ||
Insistently call<Br> | |||
Insistently call | For impression to expression.<Br> | ||
For impression to expression. | ~<Br> | ||
~ | As they once did<Br> | ||
As they once did | To Caedmon<Br> | ||
To Caedmon | Of the dream song:<Br> | ||
Of the dream song: | "Sing me a song."<Br> | ||
"Sing me a song." | ~<Br> | ||
~ | So I put voice to ink,<Br> | ||
So I put voice to ink, | and color to letters,<Br> | ||
and color to letters, | A novice's crayola scrawls,<Br> | ||
A novice's crayola scrawls, | And pray to strike and stroke<Br> | ||
And pray to strike and stroke | A plangent chord<Br> | ||
A plangent chord | To resonate<Br> | ||
To resonate | On expectant strings<Br> | ||
On expectant strings | Of someone's inner harp.<Br> | ||
Of someone's inner harp. | <Br> | ||
--<Br> | |||
-- | <Br> | ||
**Gerald Alan Ney | |||
Gerald Alan Ney | |||
Revision as of 19:38, 23 October 2018
[See also Poet's Dilemma & Imperative 11/08/2012
and Caedmon's Choice 06/25/2015]
[See also Poet's Dilemma & Imperative 11/08/2012 and Caedmon's Choice 06/25/2015]
I see the mountains,
I see the sea,
And sometimes
Both together.
~
I've heard their voices
and sung their songs;
Noted their signs inscribed
On Gaia's fluid face.
~
I could tell you
What I was gifted,
What I received
Into my mind and heart,
Soul and spirit.
~
But as our ears
Are different,
Unique;
What you hear
Will be measured, weighed,
Sifted, filtered,
By what you are.
~
And yet,
Again the words
Insistently call
For impression to expression.
~
As they once did
To Caedmon
Of the dream song:
"Sing me a song."
~
So I put voice to ink,
and color to letters,
A novice's crayola scrawls,
And pray to strike and stroke
A plangent chord
To resonate
On expectant strings
Of someone's inner harp.
--
- Gerald Alan Ney