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Meditation on water
Meditation on Water
*A poem for children–and the young at heart
high lo
to fro
strong, weak
proud n’ meek
it kills, it births
it’s tried ‘n it’s true
it’s grey then it’s blue
water full water
a nam-nami tsu…
it clears it muddles
it moves and it stays
it’s water and water
it’s here gone today
(of ninety-eight parts we all say).
it’s made for our hair
it maims ‘n it heals
it’s soft, it’s hard
it’s cold, it’s hot
and hot and it’s HOT!!!
it boils…
it cooks and it cleans
where shall it all go?
it travels as fast
as it wants us to go
it’s oceans, it’s streams
it’s fastest in dreams
it’s false, then it’s true
it’s all you, you and YOU
so water be blessed
or water be cursed
when poured from the heavens
when poured from the earth
with all of its glory
it washes away
as tears wash the pain
as laughter the tears
and tears…
as the rivers run deep
in mud like slow sleep
it’s water, cool water
it’s every dam’s shame
with no drops to drink
in desert and sun,
if water’s so pure
it’s so sad when undone.
(what’s pure, is it snow?
or tears and their drops?
or the snow flakes
from their tops?)
So where does this end
this one long endless note
when played
with two hands?
Cool cool clear water,
clear and clear water.
Egyptians they all drown’d,
with water all ’round,
or Jonah he swallowed a whale?,
“cause water,
clear water,
the Bible’s done tell us,
as good from the bad,
and the left from the right.
So let’s wind it up here,
on our old fashioned shore,
with waves and their calls,
all peaceful and nice,
or screams in the night,
more than twice!
The shore can be peace,
or shores can be fright,
I shudder to think
how they look deep at night.
The water it’s all good,
The water it’s all not,
Wherever winds blow
it’s what ties up the knot.
It’s water it’s here. It’s water it’s there.
It’s water, it’s water, it’s here everywhere!
Finito. The End. La fin.
Quintet No. 2 (Portals), by S. Horenstein; “Meditation No. 1″ , solo flute, Roy Amotz; ASCAP/ACUM, all rights reserved. Recorded and performed live by the Tel Aviv Wind Quintet at the Festival de Chaillol, France. (click the dark blue underlined link to hear the music)
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