how would a song describe itself?
by the beats and notes we ascribe to it
or in a language all its own?

I am no master of music
I claim no epic past
but I understand the simple things
and from there may build my own

I'll make it a work of art
unlike all the rest I've made
certainly not a masterpiece
but at least a piece of truth

I'll let the songs of the worlds spring free
both real and imagined
I'll bring out the light of creation
and let wild words sing forth

but I would not control the song
nor guide it to its place

the song defines its own meter
I would merely help it ring

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the chill on a summer night
a relief from boiling sun

a universe of infinite possibility
beyond the shimmering limit to the known

a willow gazing into the waters
surrounded by cedar and fir

a single melody in the choir
a voice as unique as all the rest
contributor and standalone

and a stream in the mist below
winding its way through the woods
forever and always so