Garth Rakumakoe

Jazz State Of Mind

See, they don\'t understand

We are the quiet devoted listeners

of the world, the truest pulse feelers

The reasoners

The realest observers

The mute appreciators

of finest art forms

The abstract thinkers

of gentle world views

 

Life to us, follows a different code

Many we are

yet in their eyes we are few

 

They don\'t understand

that we are merely paintings

in art\'s chivalry mode, reflections

of life\'s own elusive dreams

and peaceful ideals

 

They don\'t understand

why nobility is a code

It\'s intrinsic, we know

how sound, more than just notes

to the refined ear

is a sonic travel

on a cosmic voyage

 

They don\'t understand

how we are constantly lost

in daydreams of soundscapes

light as feathers

to stratospheres, untold

 

They don\'t understand, why

the pursuit of excellence matters

to us, why

we abhor conflict

They don\'t understand

and they won\'t

 

They will not understand

silence and solitude

Don\'t expect them to

They are them

and we love them

 

Jazz child dare not apologize

for we know our kind

when we come across them

It\'s okay for them to not understand

It is more than just ear nectar

It is who we are

Ours, is a love supreme