Tuesday, January 5, 2010

"My Songbird Singing Sings Her Songs"

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"My Songbird singing sings her song as a birth goes wrong
Her mother is tormented by what she saw
as Songbird singing sings her song
Songbird's mother helplessly screams
the scream of a dying phoenix
Three years go by
No one hears Songbird singing her song
until they meet a friendly wise man
who hears Songbird singing her song
The wise man looked into her eyes and said softly:
Songbird singing, you will sing me your song twelve years past

The wise man waits patiently
and then at fifteen years of age
he gazed into her eyes
Songbird sang out loud her song
The wise man looked into the eyes of the dead phoenix
He whispered words of wisdom God sent
with kindness and understanding
The dead phoenix at that moment started to ascend
Started to mend because she heard Songbird sing her song

Today as yesterday,
the wise man still looks into the eyes of Songbird singing
Songbird singing was once without
Now she is whole
Songbird sings mariake songs every day
all day long"

-Roger Valentine

I found this heart-wrenching poem while surfing on youtube. It was written by Roger Valentine and posted for a friend with autism. Beneath the surface of the words is a very human journey that many of us have taken and still take. Silence and suffering paralyzes us in darkest chaos. In helplessness all seems to be lost and pointless. Eventually wisdom rejuvenates us with kindness and understanding. In this light we find our voice and our uniqueness. In joy we overflow with who we are meant to be. This poem is eloquently recited by Rajesh Vedpraksh whose silk laden vocals really add emotion to this superb piece. Thank-you kindly Mukhtarze for posting this.

Also if anyone knows more about this poem or its correct written form I would really like to know more.

This digital art is how my heart was stirred in this experience.
Listen to the poem here.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

HELLO FROM ROGER VALENTINE
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY STORY IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, AS DOES DAYA AND HER MUM ,"SONG BIRD SINGING THAT I HAVE KNOWN FROM THE AGE OF THREE YEARS.LOOKED INTO MY EYES FIRST SHE SAID TO ME PLEASE HELP ME , I KNOW YOU ARE HERE TO HELP ME. I MET HER HER MOTHER WHO I CALL PHOENIX ACCENDING.DAYA COULD NOT SPEAK A WORD.I GOT THIS MESSAGE FROM A DIVINE PLACE IT TOLD ME WHAT TO DO AND SAY TO THIS LITTLE GIRL I DID WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO AND THE REST IS IN THE POEM STILL ILOOK INTO HER EYES AND TEACH HER HOW TO BE IN FULL CONTROL OF HER LIFE I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITH OUT THE HELP OF OUR CREATOR HE WHO IS ALL AND EVERYTHING