the way it carries you

music move me
sound stir my soul
the beat
reverberates vertebrae

and my hips roll with your drum
feet tapping to your ankle full of bells

the way you let music into your body
allow it to carve and shape you
I love this

I open my mouth and the harmony streams out
filling the space with this crystalline quality
prayer in 3-D

serpentine your arms lift and sway
tip your head to the side
you move like I do
I see you feel it like I feel

knowing the words before ever having sung them before
spoken straight to my spirit
in the sweet surrender of my heart

quiet and my eyes questioning
no hurry
but I want to know all about you

fire meets the water and I am soaked with the steam
seeing you every day is heaven

and the love I have shown you keeps pouring out
we are nameless now
there is only love

as every tree on earth raises its branches to exalt the sky
as the ocean kisses the shore
as roots embrace the ground
let our love for one another be like this
for always

this morning is slow

re-collecting the pieces of me

the fragrance of lilies in my bedroom

the comfortability in coming home

some fear of the unknown

and trust, trust, trust

taking pleasure in the small delights
like opening my notebook:
the pages heavy with my words

resonance

my voice teacher tells me that our whole body is made up of resonance chambers.

...and I watch as the air around around his head visibly vibrates as he demonstrates the difference between resonance and volume. the difference is only intention; singing with the will to pierce space with sound. now I am sure it is true: we are here to sing.