The Song

THE SONG

Remember the night,

streetlights and dust.

Remember the stars,

moonbeams and just

the haunting voice

in the corner of yesterday.

Remember the shapes,

bequeathed to morning's fancy.

(I find myself looking.

I question and tease.)

Ancestry is revealed

through convoluting fumes—

primal definitions

gallant transitions

infinite renditions.

The song will play,

alive and brighter tonight

than it will ever be.

Seven shall be the children

who dream the dreams,

who dance the dances,

who teach the plays,

whose steps anticipate sinful nations.

Seven they shall be.

The song will play,

for this day,

come what may!

(I painted the lyrics

on slumbering clouds.)

Remember the night,

streetlights and dust.

Remember the me,

shadowless and just

wanting to be.

And remember the song

for all eternity.

©2010 Cendrine Marrouat

That's it for today! Thank you for reading!

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Cendrine Marrouat is a writer, photographer, podcaster, blogger, anthology editor, and the co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms and A Warm Cup of Cozy. She has authored and co-authored more than 40 books, including The Train: A Short Story (2023), In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories & Flashku (2022), After the Fires of Day: Haiku Inspired by Kahlil Gibran & Alphonse de Lamartine (2021), Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku (2020), Walks: A Collection of Haiku (2019-2020), and In the Silence of Words: A Three-Act Play (2018).

Cendrine's work has appeared in many publications. She is the creator of the Sixku, Flashku, Sepigram, and Reminigram; as well as the co-creator of the Kindku, Pareiku, Vardhaku, and Hemingku.