Fibonacci Drift

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(1)Breathe

(1)Breathe

(2)Breathe in

(3)Then breathe out

(5)Feel the calm, flow through

(8)Flow over, through you, feel the calm

(13)Feel it, wash over, envelope you, breathe in, breathe out

(21)Breathe in, let it take you, breathe out, Feel the calm, wash over, envelope you, flow through you

(34)Feel the calm, clothe you, become you, feel the calm, breathe in, breathe out, feel it wash over, envelope you, take you, flow through you, breathe in, breathe out, breathe

(55)Breathe in, then, breathe out again, Don't fight, breathe in, give yourself up to it, breathe out, Feel the calm, clothe you, become you, feel the calm, breathe in, breathe out, feel it wash over, envelope you, take you, flow through you, breathe in, breathe out, breathe, just breathe

(89)Inspire (un), expire (un), feel it wash over you (deux), envelope, take you (trois), flow through you (cinq), breathe in (huit), breathe out (treize), inspire (vingt et un), expire (trent-quarte), don't fight it (cinquante-cinq), give yourself up to it (quatre-vingt-neuf), feel the calm (cinquante-cinq), clothe you (trent-quarte), become you (vingt et un), breathe (treize), breathe (huit), let it go (cinq), breathe (trois), breathe (deux), inspire (un), expire (un), just breathe!

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Thanks for reading!

Author's Note: So, I made it to my 200th post on Vocal. For a long time, this idea has been sat in my WIP...I'm talking months. Since I just did one of the most emotionally-fraught pieces I've done, I wanted to do something lighter. But, still wanted to do something special to mark 200 pieces.

What is the deal?

The numbers, as the title suggests, are the first 10 numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence. I am not a massive fan of numbers and maths, but find patterns fascinating and the instances of the Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio in nature just enthrall me.

I also love the prog-metal-rock band Tool and if there are any Tool fans reading, you may know where I am going with this. The title track from their album, Lateralus (which is perhaps my favourite album by them) features lyrics written so that the syllable count follows the first few numbers in the Sequence.

I originally had planned to do this a long time ago because of writing so many haikus and paying close attention to the syllable count. I thought it would be a great way to create a meditative kinda piece.

So there you have it. It's a poem where the syllable count for each line is the same as the relevant number on the first 10 of the Fibonacci Sequence.

You may also notice there are the French numbers ascending and descending in the last line - I kinda imagined them being whispered...

For more information about the Tool song -

If you have time and inclination here are some other pieces I've recently published:

And this was my 100th piece:

You can also check out the rest of my work here.