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SEEDS OF SINGING

from TENDER AS WATER by Tom Ross

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A Papua New Guinea tribe calls the soul the Seeds of Singing. I'll always be chasing my voice with my guitar.

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Hard to count the seeds of singing
but there’s nothing from your hole to your head
besides them

Hard to keep the seeds from singing
when your soul’s inside them

You stack yourself from inside
your backbone
head is high on a string
held by huge hands

It’s so easy
your throat is open
it feels just like you’re yawning
and you’re smiling

Hard to keep the seeds of singing
when your belly gets afraid

The devil wants your seeds
all your life
sell them and you lose your song
the devil knows your needs
knows your strength and your speed
he knows what you’re about,
he knows you inside out
but he doesn’t know how you sing

Hard to count the seeds of singing
I’m learning to now

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from TENDER AS WATER, released February 7, 2016

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Tom Ross Colorado Springs, Colorado

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As E Dickinson says:

Nature is what we know
but have no art to say
so impotent our wisdom is
to her simplicity

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