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BURNISHED VOICE
Seems a strange development
Wondering why Joni’s voice changed
Why she stopped holding and quavering
Those high notes of warbling beauty?
How it become possible
Glories of youth morph
Giving way to the burnished brilliance
Of middle years blue notes
Sunken a bit in tone
Resonating meaning in words hard won
As we wait
The next release in the offing
Insight from the edge of the crater
Peering into the red cauldron
Songs of wisdom and passion
That would take us past our empty chairs
Put us on that path again
The one that leads where you want it to
The path of conviction, effort and hope
But there is no new release
No new songs
She has withdrawn
So we look for another
Who is this Sza?
We listen to divas and ingénues
We wait and make our own lyrics
Sing them to ourselves
Finally learning the meaning
Of what it took to be a child of God
Trying to get your soul free
One by one
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