The muse came to me in a poem instead of notes, so I'm sharing in this event with the hope you might create a "score" for it, and upload your instrumental and stems.
For the mix that feels most aligned with the words, I'll upload a video to my YouTube Channel.
Thank you for creating a safe space where I can share what I don't dare anywhere else.
Attention Deficit
by Madam Snowflake
Restless
A rushing, muddy stream
Of incessant thoughts
Like rapids colliding with rocks
My broken mind
Is a jagged shoreline
My heart is a dense stone
Lava flow hardened by shallow end breath
Faster, faster
Runs the locomotive in my chest
Its engine burning anxiety
Its urgency polluting me
I wrestle myself until
Will becomes a magnifying glass
For Soul to observe the madness
I grasp for a fool’s tools
In the napsack upon my back
Gurus
Practice
Crystals
Cards
Decades of study
And healing
But so far
This demon in my blood
Chases me ahead of the moment
Inside is an endless
Tug of
War
Productivity and perfection push
As I desperately cling to the rope of awareness
That pulls me back
And saves me from breaking yet another bone
In this miracle body
That has carried me through a litany of injury
I’m always chasing the rabbit!
Is there a cure for my pathology?
Could a mind finally stilled
Be a pure antidote
For this rampant attention deficiency?
Alas rapids collide with the rocks
In my rushing, muddy thoughts
Until
Graced by Mother’s sweet oxygen
I find the present
In my breath
Again
Such a powerful pell -- both delivery and words. Makes me think of some of the slam poetry I was so into in the early 2000s. But I gotta say... your mind is definitely not broken, even if it feels that way. It just works differently and that's beautiful. It's creative and passionate and brilliant. Your poem provides such a great example of why meditation and connecting with the breath is so amazing. Thank you for that. Thank you for sharing.
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