hear her

a path in the middle of a dark forest
Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash
fever head her
birch song wind
russet leaves dead
sleet ticktaps pines
as she stands strong

hear her, hear her
under the wood
alder sap & painted
hear her, hear her
underdark
underwood
shadowsonged

fever head her
blackthorn pricks
stone the river run
river under ice
and brambles strong

hear her...

5 responses to “hear her”

  1. shredbobted Avatar

    I like this one🙂🕴

    1. michael raven Avatar

      Thank you, Ted. I’m playing around with lyrical elements again — picked up my very old, very crappy bass guitar this morning, laid out a few drum lines on repeat after writing it. It didn’t take long to realize that I had neither the calluses nor the muscle tone to play bass anymore — especially on such a crappy POS. But… this was on my mind while I noodled around.

  2. chrisnelson61 Avatar

    I felt this like an ancient Chant. Great writing.

    1. michael raven Avatar

      Thanks Chris. All this listening to darkwave/coldwave/postpunk has got my head wrapped up in lyrical elements again, which has probably influenced that chant feel. You know how it is…