Coffee House
from "Speaking Fire at the Wellhead" reimagined through Time-lapse Video Adaptation and Contemporary Dance
How do I write the hollow pause that leaves you waiting for my next sentence?
Weave with words my upward lilt
That invites you not to answer me
But to ponder my phrase —
Take it with you to sleep
I watch your brain dance forward then back
Open mouth and closed again
Holding my tone in echoing throat
A subtle hunch forward — uncontrollable tune in
How do I script the crack in my voice?
Deliver an aching sweetness so thick
My heart pulses under simple syrup
Swallowing globed fruit whole and saffron-steeped vigor
I revel in the delicacy of feeling
You sit perched on a seat of water
Riding this ellipse of lyric
Drink deeply from the falls of cushioned mouth
Purified with passion
“How do I compose the clear well from which I speak?
Illustrate the freedom of infinite forgiveness
The solace of rising sun spliced with each syllable
Let your mind linger where you are scared to leave it
Comfort of couplets at your back
I speak the message of wild violet
Words stretching towards sunlight
Stanzas shaking with laughter beneath pouring rain
And pendulum swinging in collective inhale"
About the Creator
Sedeso Vinisha
A palm open and full of life
A mouth full of sound
Toes curled for want of resistance
A single seed that weighs a pound
Tasting the air at the top of a mountain
The oiling of skin
Clove
Sun
Sedeso
Through words and sound we are kin
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By Clyde E. Dawkins7 days ago in Unbalanced
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Great job! Fantastic! Like the song too!