Chorus
I’m sick’n tired of my tie-dye lies
Lies whose colors merge with truth
Lies, lost in confusion,
Need an infusion of light.
Verse
It begins and ends with a clear mooladhara
Let me see the truth through the Holy Eyes
Of Shri Mataji
Please cleanse my mooladhara
And let me be the truth.
Verse
Sat, chit ananda begins with truth
Followed by awareness and bliss
Mother, please let me know the truth
And be in bliss at your Lotus feet.
Verse
The Earth has music for those who listen
So said the great bard of English
May truth in me be Christened
By the music of the Mother Earth
Is anyone inspired enough add music? The term tie-dye lies came to me in a strange dream, a couple of nights. As always, anything I write is here to be improved. If you can, please do so...... thanks, Alan
the uneven rhythm bothers me. Someone has said that poetry is no longer pronounced - it is only looked at. So a quick glance at something written in groups of lines of four may appear to be a poem.
Try this, out loud: 'Im sick'n tired of my tie-dye-lies
Lies where the colours seem to merge with truth ...'
My imagination now goes to the actual process of tie -dying and how it involves twisting and crushing and compressing and binding fabric in a very tight constraint and hardly ever opens out to a pleasing design being so random and accidental. At this point I would write lists of words evoked by that memory from which to choose ones which have suitable rhythm, image etc.
The rich rhyming of 'confusion' and 'infusion' are the sort of thing hip-hop people use but I feel they work better if you don't have them in close proximity. so more words are needed here.
Then the question of 'voice' to whom are we speaking? Is it the Sahaja Yogis who will know words like Mooladhara. Now it becomes a prayer to Mother which is a different tone- reflective - private unlike the first exclamatory chorus. Maybe there are two poems here?
''It begins and ends with a clear Mooladhara
Let me see the Truth through Holy Eyes"
has a satisfying rhythm.
the following verse is a firm assertive declaration (and in rhythm) for two lines
'Sat, Chit Andanda begins with Truth
Followed by Awareness and Bliss'
and then the following tone is pleading.
How about
'Mother, I am becoming that Truth'
'In tune with the rhythm of the Earth Herself'
In the final verse, I would leave out the reference to the Bard and let people take it as a silent homage to him if they wish. Or maybe a quotation with a footnote for visual readers:
"For - 'The Earth has music for those who listen'
(I pray) may that Truth in me be Christened
By the music of the (Great)Mother Earth.'