Poetic Offerings
MUSIC IS MY NAME
Sweet freedom,
I have walked hand in hand with your melody
Across hilltops I’ve run with the wind
I’ve sung the sounds that the first snows bring
Under trees that danced with no fear of hungry axes
I’ve traded songs with a friendly lizard
Even he could hear me
I’ve made love in grass
With the B-Flat that holds the universe together
When the leaves sway, it’s just me moving somewhere
And when the wind blows
It’s only me whistling the Blues
And when I die
Just bury me with an Eighth Note so I won’t be lonely
Cover my body with Sheet Music
And I will caress it even in death
Don’t cry at my Funeral … serenade me on my way
Stick your hands in the paint of melody & color me Music
Make the unmistakable flavor of my Spirit
Another poetic spice on the path to forever
Let it all begin again right here
Sing to me, party with me, dance for me & Mambo me
Passionately into that always present sphere
Consciously conjure me musically
Make sure those other folks can’t conveniently forget me
Make sure that “they” remember the Word/Song that is me
The Blue harmonic gift of existence is my legacy
Hold tight to the wild Gospel like Spirit of Jazz in me
Make sure “they” know
That I’ve always been the kind that won’t be quiet
An uncontrollable sassy vibration, a song that sings forever
I’m an in your face melody that will never be gone
The truth of
The Cubop that holds the heart of reality together is me
Been here long before the beginning began
I came
Holding down the rhythm of wordplay where ever we are
Always as close to you as the nearest Song
A rejuvenating lyrical presence written all inside your DNA
An inescapable refrain that won’t go away
I’m like La Bomba, a fire in your soul that’s here to stay
Just color me Music
Music is my name!
Copyright © Avotcja
OBSESIONADA
Santa palabra poética
Háblame como el viento
Acaríciame como el amanecer
Despierta el alma con canto
Aiiiiiii….
Escúchame
Musa de creatividad
Lo que necesito
Es un banquete
Un banquete real lleno de metáforas
Y
Miles de Poemas rítmicos
Santa palabra musical
Soy una fanática insaciable
Poesía
En cualquier idioma me encanta
Obsesionada estoy
Tengo un hambre increíble
y
Quiero una comida que me inspira
Una gran sopa de palabras
Un guisado de poesía y clave
Un sabor
Que come el cemento
y
Da a luz a un batallón de Poetas
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OBSESSED
Righteous poetic word
Speak to me like the wind
Caress me like the dawn
Wake my soul with song
Please…
Hear me please
Muse of creativity
What I need is
A feast
A royal banquet alive with metaphors
&
Thousands of rhythmic Poems
Divine musical word
I’m an insatiable fanatic
In any language
Poetry
Wraps me in its spell
I’m completely obsessed
Incredibly hungry
&
I want a meal that turns me on
A gigantic soup of words
A spice filled stew of poetry & rhythm
A flavor
That eats concrete
&
Gives birth to an army of Poets
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THE GIFT & THE BURDEN
I write
Because I have to
I write because
So many of my Ancestors risked their lives & limbs
So I’d have the right to
&
With every word I write I reclaim our Souls
In just a Poem or a Story
I can wash away the awful shame
I can change “His”-Story
&
Take the filth of “His” chains off my mind
So I write
I write because my life
Is
Like a perpetual pressure cooker
Like a
Red hot gigantic cauldron
A bottomless cauldron
Full of “our” Stories & they’re demanding to be told
You know, the truth is
If I don’t write
The Ancestors just might get upset
And that’s a wrath I can’t afford
So I write & write & write some more
‘Cause if I don’t
Ain’t no telling what might happen
&
I just might explode
………………………………..Copyright © Avotcja
“MUSIC IS MY NAME” is in my 272 page book of Poetry & Short Stories “WITH EVERY STEP I TAKE 2” with beautiful Artwork by Eliza Shefler. Please pick one up @ your local Bookstore, or one of the Book Parties the Publisher: Taurean Horn Press Petaluma, CA or the distributor Ingram Distribution or on www.Amazon.com. OBSESIONADA/OBSESSED and THE GIFT & THE BURDEN are coming out in “MY OAKTOWN MOSAIC ES PURA CANDELA” later this year. I thank you in advance for reading my words & your support.