Whiter Shade of Pale (Singing Blackbirds)

Singing Blackbird

Sing black.
Sing inside black.
Sing silence

into a black wind.
Sing voice, wind
that opens black

whispers white
carries white in its sails
over wide water.
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Sing rain.
Green rain.
Rain that covers the child

covers the landscape
and fills the vase
with lullabies.

Sing snow.
Sing the birth of snow
melting snow

fearless snow
snow that seeks the sun
golden snow -

snow that falls
on shore,
dissolving the ocean.