Zac's Song
By Debra Mues
Email: dlmues at hotmail dot com
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March 06, 2008
Alone in the Family House
Abandoned by the Elders
He plays on keys
of black and white
and births the song.
Words sprout from the Heart
ane merge into Melody
Sucking from the Atmosphere
Springing from the Compost
Making Beauty of Disorder and
Meaning from the Falling and the Rising
Living in a Song
My Son.
About the author:
This poem was written in November 2005 when Zac landed back with us after a rambling summer tour of Canada in a mobile recording studio he built in an old RV. He was following the Canadian folk festivals, and recording the jamming that occured after the performances ended. A good idea, and some great recordings but financially it didn't work out. So he came back home. Ironically, we moved out shortly thereafter, into a log cabin in the woods we had been working on for 7 years. So in this instance, the elders left the family house. Zac played us a beautiful song one evening, when we stopped by. He had just finished composing it—hot off the piano—a new born. It was one of those moments. I wish Zac had made a submission to your talent show. I wanted him to. This poem is for the parents that tried to create environments for their 20-year-old something children to flourish in.
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