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Ivory Tongue

from The Code of the Flowers by Ayla Nereo

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She spoke, “there is a beacon becoming”
and I dove into a sea of stormy winds wail
their might was mighty swift and running
(every which way)
“stay with it, child you’re changing”
she sang,

Sister sun your ivory tongue is flowin’ like the waters run and all my thoughts jump into
feathers abound fall on the page down, feathers abound fall on the pages
Sister sun your inner lungs are spinning shapes alive and wove in vision
praying, pray our spirit, turn, our heart’s’ll become

(and what these words do
and what these words do…)

Sure as flight (and a dash unruly), and faster than the breath you’re heaving
your wild (as a righteous fury) can be led or be leading
inside, what a maze of ladders, so you look and look a while (every which way)
this fire, by the burn of-our grandmothers, shapes the way of your choosing
so stay, stay with it, daughter you’re creating this
and every sound you give make sure you’re aiming it

Sister sun your ivory tongue is flowin’ like the waters run and all my thoughts jump into
feathers abound fall on the page down, feathers about fall on the pages
Sister sun your inner lungs are spinning shapes alive and wove in vision
praying, pray our spirit, turn, our heart’s’ll become…

You got flames for wings, and at the
stake is the claim of your wild speech
fake is the flurry try to keep you in a bind,
shake shake shake it off like the way the dragon ride
out of your cave you’re a beast of another dawn
like a wake on the current that her voice will
carry you for another lifetime
keep your sight set right, leadin with the
sound of the the arrow, fly

(and what these words do
and what these words do…)

Sister sun your ivory tongue is flowin’ like the waters run and all my thoughts jump into
feathers abound fall on the page down, feathers abound fall on the pages
Sister sun your inner lungs are spinning shapes alive and wove in vision
praying, pray our spirit, turn, our heart’s’ll become

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from The Code of the Flowers, released September 9, 2016

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Ayla Nereo Nevada City, California

Ayla Nereo is a creature of forests and rivers, a bridger of timeless and modern, a musician and poet weaving a magical and emotional world of sonic beauty. Lyrical meditations and riddles of language dance into tapestries of sound, weaving electronic rhythms with celtic melodies and elvin mantras. With an uncanny ability to crack open the heart, here is an ode to the innate wonder of being human. ... more

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