Julius-
this is really beautiful. Thanks for sahring it with us. I could see so
much in it. Maybe I will take a whack at a melody, if you don't mind. Of
course I have been known to procrastinate on stuff like this for years.
Great stuff!
Love
Paz
NP-Always-The Story
on 3/10/01 5:50 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Beautiful nocturnal imagery, Deb. Ironically, I was watching the movie
> "Moonstruck" tonight on cable. There's one scene imparticular featuring a
> huge, luminescent full moon over the Manhattan skyline that piqued my lunar
> fascination. Made me wanna be where you are.
>
> Curiosity got the better of me, so I checked an online lunar calendar to see
> what the moon will be up to during David Lahm's upcoming NY Jonifest. Alas, it
> will be a waxing crescent...which is cool too. It's all good. Anyway, I do
> hope you and many other jmdlers will be attendance. I'm so looking forward to
> meeting you.
>
> I woke up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep, so I rewrote
> a little poem that has been a work-in-progress for awhile. I hope ya'll don't
> mind if I share it now:
>
> He follows shadows of the moon
> Not knowing wax from wane
> He hopes that rapture's coming soon
> He's boarded a slow train
>
> Resigned to be a traveler
> On long uncharted tracks
> He sees his soul as like the night,
> Mysterious and black.
>
> He wakes somtimes in a cold sweat
> Clutching dream diamonds in his fist
> He heart is full of deep regret
> (He wishes they were amethyst).
>
> Clinging like death to innocence
> He's tearful at a falling star
> And disbelieves the man who claims
> No sugar mountain anymore.
>
> -Julius
