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THE TIME FOR WAITING IS COMPLETED
I wait
but the time for waiting is completed
Yet I stay
though staying is not needed
I linger tinker toy play
Yet have a longing to get away
Still I wait
I fidget fumble kick and grumble
Still I wait
like a baby bird at the edge
wings untried
why oh why
should it fly?
So I wait
but the work has long been done
Yet I stay
when long ago I should have gone
I am edgy restless snappy tense
The air is clear
The air is cool
The breeze is fresh
I sit and stew
I wait
but the time for waiting is completed
But I stay
when leaving is needed
But where to go?
I don't know
The world's immense
I am lost
unless I stay
But I am lost
right here
I've lost my way
my nerve
my drive
I want to have arrived
But where?
I have no map
and anyhow
it would be out of date
borders have been changing fast
of late
So I wait
I wait
but the time for waiting is completed
what is needed
is
to
go
and go
on
Elsa
June 11, 1998
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Words Music Rap Poetry.
I wait. But the time for waiting is completed.
Yet I stay. Though staying is not needed.
I fidget fumble kick and grumble. Still I wait.
Spoken Word.
Elsas Words Music.
A dozen
years ago,
I began to wake up
with word pieces -
words music, spoken word, songs -
in my head.
Escape velocity.
Echo of the echo.
Tank almost empty.
Can't cross the gap.
Welcome into my world.

WORDS
MUSIC WORDS
Every
time I'm going
into the words not knowing
what kind of thing I'm doing
what is this thing I'm making
what are these words creating
Words
music, music words, rhythm beat,
spoken word, song,
words music, words beat,
rap poetry, indie alternative music,
trip hip unhip unzipped
whispered, shouted, sung.
What is this?
spoken word poetry?
indie alternative music words?
indie alternative words music?
performance art?
rap tap rhythm song?
Where do these words belong?
They don't follow song rules
so they can't be songs
Are some rap
with a rap beat?
Are some spoken word?
Some are to be sung -
country, trip hop, pop, folk, blues,
indie alternative music,
country folk, rock and roll, rap,
world beat, jazz, folk pop,
rhythm and blues.
words music words
rhythm beat strong
words to be spoken
words to be sung
words to be lived
moments
word music worlds
rhythm beat
What's cooking?
Whatever comes -
words alive
words strong
words music worlds
rhythm beat
strong
movement
words moving
words shaping
words taking
words trying
to catch life
to catch moments
moments like fireflies
one moment bright
next moment gone
words
words and rhythm
words to be spoken
words to be sung
words, sounds, music
word music worlds
words going on and on
like the beat of a drum
word pieces
piecing together moments
word music worlds
stronger
fainter
closer
and then
can't hear
they're gone
like moments
Elsa
July 15, 2006
copyright © - Elsa Schieder - 2007, all rights reserved
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