208: Bottle This

One hand on the dashboard
banging out the beat
five fingers on the steering wheel
tapping down the street.

Lungs at full capacity
volume maxed out singing
high energy electronic dance music
has got my brainwaves zinging.

My body propelled by music
is bouncing on the spot
celebrating happiness
by giving all I’ve got.

You might think I’m crazy
partying on my own
but if you knew this feeling
there’d be no cause to moan.

Everything right in my world today
emotions I’d love to bottle
happiness spilling over
just like winning lotto.

If I could find a way to capture this
I’d take a draft each morning
the perfect winter antidote
to a cold start when I’m yawning.

Lady Satellite

175: Uncovering The Blues

Blues isn’t just music
it’s an outpouring of anguish deep within your soul.
I can no longer listen
I know this now for sure.

All music is powerfully expressing
The attitude at your core
This sound wave jars most painfully
With the joyful rhythms of my heart.

My soul just wants to dance
But this mournful
Not quite pentatonic key
Won’t allow my legs the chance.

I will not compromise my level of vibration
By choosing this again
The experiment is over
Time hasn’t changed a thing.

I thought perhaps with sparkling company
I could replace those troubled memory vibes
That by laughing and loving in that place
I could move on from those negative emotional ties.

Thought I could appreciate the blues
Without the distraction of that aggravated man
But discovered something greater
Blues music, knew that fan.

That pain deep within his soul

Was the reason he was there
And the reason I couldn’t stay
Was floating melancholic in the air.

To truly love the blues
It must speak to the essence of who you are
Of being incomplete
Of anguish, loss and deeply hidden scars.

I am grateful for this understanding
For the illumination of this fact
I could never love a blues man
Because my heart is still intact.

Lady Satellite

56: Stretching

Take me on a wild adventure to your home
Show me the colours of your world through melody and song
Excite my senses with the sensual rhythm of your Latin music
Expand my mind with unfamiliar sounds
I want to strain to grasp the meaning of the sultry Spanish lyrics as a whole
Without stopping to translate each line
I want to immerse myself in the river of language
And emerge joyful and fluent
I feel the plasticity in my brain as neurons firing I stretch my inward capacity I have a taste for this excitement
I want more

But it is your turn
Come with me now on a journey inside yourself
Close your eyes and feel your way
Let my music guide you to connect with your place in the universe
I’ll show you the melodic minor key that will knock you off balance
and then drop you in place so perfectly it will make your spine tingle
I’ll place you under the spell of the crystal singing bowl
That will tune your heart like the beautiful instrument all hearts are designed to be
I’ll unblock your chakras with the shimmering sound of a hand beaten metal gong
tuned to perfection,
Tuned in like this you will want more
Come stretch yourself with me.

Lady Satellite

45: Lost in Music

Eyes closed, lost in time and space

Joined in union with my sax

I become the instrument

The music is who I am

Transported to another place

We begin to jam.

Rhythm flows and takes me over

I am lost and found at once

This vibration is my saviour

Its meaning is my life

When I play, I am complete

I am connected and alive.

There are no words can convey

How it feels to be so transported

Walls recede, my mind expands

The universe comes rushing in

Life is lived at my finger tips

Let the journey begin

Where you take me I care not

The pleasure is in letting go.

Lady Satellite

This piece was written in response to a photograph I was given for a 20 minute writing exercise. I love discovering what can be created in this way.

25: Energy

Everything is energy that is all we are;
a magnetic field of vibrating consciousness.
As an idea, it’s quite bizarre!

Here I sit comfortably, relaxing in my chair.
I can see myself, I know I’m here;
but of more I am aware.

I am listening to music, reminiscent of the sea.
The melody flows, like shimmering waves
and the strings vibrate, along with me.

I feel this music resonate, in each and every cell.
I am vibrating, I can feel it.
My heart knows this feeling well.

For this is life, this oscillation;
just a pulse at quantum level.
Feeling is all there is. I am pure vibration.

Lady Satellite