The Pilgrim’s Lantern
A virtuous discovery
I walk beneath the blueprint of becoming,
a silent scaffolding of thought and grace.
Each movement feels predestined, yet unfinished,
a draft revised by mercy, by hand.
The atmospheric fragrance traces unbuilt versions of me,
ghosts of intention crowding the frame.
And in my grasp, a single lantern swings
its light quaking,
reason before revelation.
Lies emerge from my pores,
my doubts, the necessary erasures.
The lantern sways, resisting the dark,
its flame a scholar’s question, never still.
I am pilgrim, student, design
walking through the potters mind,
searching for the form I might yet take
when all the scaffolds fall away,
and only light—His light—remains.
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Natasha Collazo
Selected Writer in Residency, Champagne France ---2026
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By Natasha CollazoExclusive • about a year ago
'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
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Your words are so powerful. Loved it, especially the line "a draft revised by mercy, by hand."
Majestically and beautifully put Natasha with lilting lyricism
Your poem beautifully captures the tension between becoming and being, faith and formation. The imagery of scaffolding and lantern light evokes both vulnerability and divine refinement.