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Translucence

from Firegazing by Brian Boothby

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A play of light, a trick of sound, iconic images caught as if through a glass darkly, but then brighter still, to shine a light for the way of the creative spirit.

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TRANSLUCENCE.

For many summers, many moons, many years and a day, you walk the path apart,
Opening gates to other worlds, juggling ambition and truth,
Climbing a spiral around, midwifing love unborn, for the coin of a yawning crowd,

But now you're eagle-owled and nine-heroned,
Five-ravened, five-swanned and triple white-horsed,
Golden-arrow-plovered and sheila-na-gigged
And the sea ........... the sea has given the sword.
Soul archaeology is coming to light,
Needing nothing,
Needing nothing else but itself,
The waiting-to-happen burns from within
Translucent eyes.

Too soft to be dazzling, too bright to be missed, lights now dance in your dark, firefly evening glow,
Too hot to blow out, too cool to hurt, gentle northern lights, play of colour on snow,
Firelight glint through water, gifts of spirit bestowed

And now you’re eagle-owled ………………

Constant guiding stars - map of life,
Diamond fire in stone - spark of life,
Light from sky to earth - beam of life
Translucent eyes

With his swallows departed, and chill in his days, he finds your lantern soothing, your charm changes his ways.
When his heart is a burden, meshed in steel, you paint him a dream in colour, put spice in the sound of his soul,
In the sacred space of an open mind, the glistening crackles to life, to light the listening.

Now, he's eagle-owled …………….

Constant guiding stars - map of life,
Diamond fire in stone - spark of life,
Light from sky to earth - beam of life
Translucent eyes

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from Firegazing, released September 17, 2017
Written by Brian Boothby.
Fiddle: Adam Summerhayes
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals: Brian Boothby

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