Italian Ballenberg

Joyous Smile

I have known you somehow, with your joyous smile
Tethered deep into your heart
It is fixed there upon your supple face
Radiating out for me to feel,
To drink in when I am with you

I have known you somehow, with your joyous smile
Struggling like a pansy in the wind
To keep her face lifted towards the sun
Still your joyous smile remains
And somehow, as you bend and sway
Our hearts connect as I never thought they would


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Aloft in Song

I can hear it
This song you sing
It breathes out from your soul
It has depth and life
Resonance and range
It permeates your presence
Trespassing without your consent

Its movements are many
With calming simplicity
And stimulating complexity
Your song invigorates the very cells of those who choose to listen

Unpredictable and exciting
A pattern unfolds
A tremolo of sharps and flats
Forming a harmony altogether unexpected and familiar

A secret escapes like waves from your song

Its precision a staccato
Its defiance a crescendo
Whispering and wailing
In unison


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