The Reply of the Birds

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                                                                                The Reply of the Birds

 

 

                        (A response to this music-  'le rappel des oiseaux' Composer Rameau, transcribed Debussy, played by Emil Gilels)

 

 

                                                                     He shouts of love; meanwhile we see

                                                                  beyond his shoulder, in the crook of the hill

                                                                            A fire rises hungry and free

 

                                                                       There is no grief, there is no harm

                                                 he cries, only joy. The smoke twists in the updraft and we plunge

                                                    towards the source of flame then bank out over bare slopes

                                                                     of grey mountains that break to scree

 

                                                                       the failing wind shall not becalm

                                                             us in the absence of being, we who can shriek

                                                     and who see the earth with the eyes of the surveyor of time

                                                                       cannot be still or wait for the arm

 

                                                                          of a master who must decree

                                                   the directions of the soul's tides and the strength of the storm

                                                          we will instead fly seaward to the far continent even if

                                                                        there is neither chart nor certainty

  • Author: palhaco5 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 19th, 2021 11:47
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  • aDarkerMind

    a very impressive write;
    one to save and read many times again;



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