Friday, 18 May 2012
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By Alison Clarke [Note: This poem took second place in the 2nd Annual Women Inspirational Poetry Contest organized by Oneal Walters]
Sister Moon set adrift in fuchscia pinks and bright yellows: a glowing golden ball
Illuminating creativity, dancing synergy...smiling down on Madonna's funky
Moves, frozen in Videographer's Time; showing a 48 year old's energy,
Down right spunk and a type of frenetic chemistry...Mama Madonna churning
Out a techno-style moving musically to a modern muse...
Sister Moon languishing in the success of a female who goes to the beat of
Her own drum--sexy, classy, smart, not supercilious, listening to
Her instincts, bucking trends: talking about the importance of spirituality,
Individuality, dealing with the issues in the family...saying "F you" in
Music speak--saying selfishness is out--concern for humanity is paramount...
Her latest groove gets you into the mood...
Talking about regrets, mistakes, things missed in the ambitious uptake:
Not listening to your heart, but marketing gurus...Selling your soul for
Fame--the right choice according to THEIR rules...
But Madonna does a reverse-take: wears her heart on her sleeve and
Publicity for money and fame does abate...
Singing about concern for her daughter that she grows up happy
Despite the darkness in the world...
Echoes of pangs, desire for a mother she never knew...
Running away from a past haunted by sadness and feelings never explored...
Following her heart--following her muse...Sister Moon laughs--for Madonna
Has finally come of age...A record that flops; Madonna undaunted;
Another album...Accolades: what The Sister isn't surprised to hear of...
Confessions of blind ambition...acts that lead to derision...Acts that led to
Faulty Decisions...
Alluding to someone who tells her what he thinks:
Does not treat her like a spoilt brat--a celeb that deserves constant,
Sole Attention...Pushing her to be the best; Pushing her to be
Considerate, caring, talented, honest, compassionate like all the rest...
Madonna pushing 50--and she has more than fulfilled her destiny:
Pop Diva, Dancing Queen, Classic Female Artist always having the
Pulse on the Music Scene...Yet being able to marry throbbing beats
With intense, melodious, introspective lyrics that hit us with
Profundity, clarity, and sincerity...
Melding Kabbalah spirituality with a story of someone lost who
Is trying to create a new home...to flat out saying no to waiting for a
Flaky lover and just staying home...
Madonna rules her musical domain with passion, precision, a lyrical vision
In a marriage to a mesmerizing dancing beat born on the Dance Floor--
Inspired by the Street...
Sister Moon emanates like a giant disco ball--lighting the
dance floor which is
Urban Earth--and making the way for people to have fun and freely fall...
Into Break-dancing: Women, Men, A Young Black Girl, A Young
Black Woman...
Blacks, Asians, Whites...They are all having a ball...United because of the
Drone of the dance beat: bodies gyrating, bending, limbs flowing to the
Techno-heat...
Madonna...a role model...revolutionary--saying something with meaning,
With a Disco Leaning...
Madonna...mother, wife...entering the fifth decade: no signs of
Slowing down; still successful, famous, in a decade initiated by
A New Millennium...Not making apologies for speaking her mind
Speaking her soul--speaking her thoughts which is a rare goal...
In a world where image and artificial lyrics reign supreme...
Alacrity, sincerity, literary destiny is often a dream...
Madonna...A woman who says it's okay to be yourself, looking
Youthful, being spiritual, and having a joyous, timeless aura
Despite the years...
Inspired by Sister Moon...mother of creativity...mother of
Lyrical dexterity, musical ability, spirituality...tenacity,
Timelessness, veracity...physical elasticity...subject of
Vincent's Starry Night...
Ageless through the centuries...peering over artists: Musicians,
Writers, Painters...
Sister Moon--not a mere satellite, not a fool...
But earth's luminous orb of light attracting us, guiding us
Into our own depths of creativity, sensitivity, reflecting reality...
Leading us to know ourselves...inspire others...like the stars
In the universe that twinkle and dazzle...
Sister Moon basks in the intensity of a strong light destroying
Darkness, duplicity, downright stupidity, and encouraging
Artistic kinship, empathy, harmony, unity, sincerity in a vicinity
Called La Terre--Sister Moon's sister--kindred spirits that
Can't compare: sisters forged by synchronicity...nature's gift...
Sister Moon looks in on us with support and surprise--at us
Trying to be honest, destroying lies...
Sister Moon takes over when La Terre is asleep...Sister Moon
Takes pride in our successes, but is saddened by our defeats...
Sister Moon inspires the artist in us all...Sister Moon is the muse,
Now, then, and forever after...Amen.
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