A poem I wrote back in 1997, and sent in to the National Library of Poetry. It was published in the "Sound of Poetry" collection book. The proof shows November 24, 1997.
It was inspired by a brief vision I saw during the big hurricane that hit Toronto in the 80s. The vision was not quite as pleasant as this poem, as the giant ghostly forms I saw dancing were in fact dancing a war dance through the streets, hunting down evil, bringing a curse on the invaders of their land. One of them looked at me, but through me; and I understood that I was not what he was looking for to destroy.
Rainghosts Dancing
silver pours over
now fertile gardens rise
trees drink deep
silver jumps
on weathered roofs
on fences
rainghosts dancing
silver streams
across our land
silver people
rainghosts dancing
silver sings
on wet sand
wet pavement shining
silver dreams a mist of green
life,
hope,
rainghosts dancing
Monday, February 20, 2017
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Free - NSFW (2016)
Free (NSFW)
ChagallMarch 8 2016 International Women's Day
Lyrics:
Hustling at my job and my coworker says I
Must be greedy cause I'm working too hard (for lard)
He don't know where I came from
The streets I've been harassed on would make a hooker blush
But because I'm a woman I get hate for wanting to be flush
Get called names like bitch and cunt every day
Work ten times as hard for half the chance (a glance)
But if you sit back and look for romance you're a gold digger
it's a hard world for a woman it's five times less fair & hair trigger
Damned if you care
Condemned if you don't
Whore if you fuck
Slut when you won't
Yeah I just wanna make enough to get out
Born a slave to society and self-doubt
But in my heart I'm a ruler
Got a kingdom within treasure's in my soul
Don't need to be rich just need to be free
Free to love
Free to sing
Free to be
Free
Materialism is a curse on this whole earth
But the abundance is there it's just been shut up (cut up)
So why chase crumbs like dogs
When there's a kingdom that never rots and thieves can never steal
It's deep inside your mind baby I've been there I know it's for real
Damned if you care
Condemned if you don't
Whore if you fuck
Slut when you won't
Yeah I just wanna make enough to get out
Born a slave to society and self-doubt
But in my heart I'm a ruler
Got a kingdom within treasure's in my soul
Don't need to be rich just need to be free
Free to love
Free to sing
Free to be
Free me
Wanna rise rise and shine
Shine up name in lights
Free to love
Free to sing
Free to be
Free
When The Force Flows (2015)
When the Force flows
ChagallDecember 10, 2015
- Prompted by #HipHopStarWars
Lyrics:
Never be a Sith, never have a creed
Dark Side's just a spiral of destruction, lust and greed
I see, I seek something deep inside
and the finer things of life and love which can't be denied
So I make my own mind up which side's up
And which side's upside down
Gonna train hard, best part
Gonna get out of this damn town
Just remember my heart centre
Enter the wisdom within
I spin the crucible of galaxies
Ecstasies, realities on a whim
Did you know?
When the Force flows it glows
When the Force flows
Never be a Jedi, never submit
The Council calls themselves wise but they've never lived it
Light Side is blind which is plain to see
But it's cool to be a Force Ghost for eternity
So I make my own mind up which side's up
And which side's upside down
Gonna live right, gonna apply
Live to be proud when I die
Just remember my heart centre
Enter the wisdom within
I spin the crucible of galaxies
Ecstasies, realities on a whim
Did you know?
When the Force flows it glows
When the Force flows
Luxury Is A Necessity (FAWM 2016)
Luxury Is A Necessity
ChagallFAWM 2016
Envisioning this as a show tune, maybe cabaret jazz?
Liner Notes
Ok wine being food *is* a stretch... but...
Lyrics
Sometimes a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do
Twenty dollar coffee beans and a mirror for the loo
A record player and a big soft chair
Cause I ain't going anywhere
You can take your mansion and shove it
You can take your fine cars, what of it
Just give me a computer and an ipad and a tree-house
Luxury is a necessity
Oh people will frown
people will scowl
But us high-heeled girls
Ignore their howls
You can take your private planes, what of em
You can take your cigars and flush em
Just give me fine wine and I'll make this a glee-house
Luxury is a necessity
Twenty dollar coffee beans and a mirror for the loo
A record player and a big soft chair
Cause I ain't going anywhere
You can take your mansion and shove it
You can take your fine cars, what of it
Just give me a computer and an ipad and a tree-house
Luxury is a necessity
Oh people will frown
people will scowl
But us high-heeled girls
Ignore their howls
You can take your private planes, what of em
You can take your cigars and flush em
Just give me fine wine and I'll make this a glee-house
Luxury is a necessity
Comments
Scraping By And Hanging On (FAWM 2016)
Scraping By And Hanging On
Chagall
FAWM 2016
Yes many people love country music. I detest fake country music, where people put on a fake twang to sound authentic when they've never been near a horse ranch. And although I have been near a horse I'm totally a city girl born and raised so I feel I can't really do country justice like the real country stars - Willie, Johnny, Dolly and more locally Uncle Herb and friends.
Chagall
FAWM 2016
Yes many people love country music. I detest fake country music, where people put on a fake twang to sound authentic when they've never been near a horse ranch. And although I have been near a horse I'm totally a city girl born and raised so I feel I can't really do country justice like the real country stars - Willie, Johnny, Dolly and more locally Uncle Herb and friends.
Liner Notes
Oh ugh I just wrote a country song.
Lyrics
It's six oclock in the morning
and I hope my cheque has come
because I really want a coffee
and this uncertainty to be done
It's a hard life living paycheck to paycheck
Some days I wish I wasn't strong
But I'm still here to thank the Lord
scraping by and hanging on
The lights are still on here at my place
Thinking of you I never can sleep
Between a rock and a bankruptcy
Flashbacks and fantasies
It's a hard life living paycheck to paycheck
Some days I wish I wasn't strong
But I'm still here to thank the Lord
scraping by and hanging on
and I hope my cheque has come
because I really want a coffee
and this uncertainty to be done
It's a hard life living paycheck to paycheck
Some days I wish I wasn't strong
But I'm still here to thank the Lord
scraping by and hanging on
The lights are still on here at my place
Thinking of you I never can sleep
Between a rock and a bankruptcy
Flashbacks and fantasies
It's a hard life living paycheck to paycheck
Some days I wish I wasn't strong
But I'm still here to thank the Lord
scraping by and hanging on
Comments
Tinder (FAWM 2016)
Tinder
ChagallFAWM 2016
Liner Notes
Hmm. Interesting.
Lyrics
Every day I feel pain I remember nothing's the same
Every breath too much stress you've made it all a mess
Are you a demon?
Dark eyes
Dark hair
A ready smile
Takes my air
You may as well be agent orange
Or iron and a match
Cause I'm dying inside
A fact you didn't catch
You may as well be kryptonite
Or flint and tinder
Cause I'm going up in flames
A sanctified sinner
It was nothing to you but who am I stained with rue
It was true love to me but it seems I must be free
Are you a demon?
Your hands
Your touch
Awkward laugh
Means too much
You may as well be kryptonite
Or flint and tinder
Cause I'm going up in flames
A sanctified sinner
You may as well be agent orange
Or iron and a match
Cause I'm dying inside
A fact you didn't catch
Or did you
Gotta stay strong
Gotta stay strong
Stay alive stay alive
Don't ask you to
Stay
Every breath too much stress you've made it all a mess
Are you a demon?
Dark eyes
Dark hair
A ready smile
Takes my air
You may as well be agent orange
Or iron and a match
Cause I'm dying inside
A fact you didn't catch
You may as well be kryptonite
Or flint and tinder
Cause I'm going up in flames
A sanctified sinner
It was nothing to you but who am I stained with rue
It was true love to me but it seems I must be free
Are you a demon?
Your hands
Your touch
Awkward laugh
Means too much
You may as well be kryptonite
Or flint and tinder
Cause I'm going up in flames
A sanctified sinner
You may as well be agent orange
Or iron and a match
Cause I'm dying inside
A fact you didn't catch
Or did you
Gotta stay strong
Gotta stay strong
Stay alive stay alive
Don't ask you to
Stay
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