Ray: Shadow on the moon

[P. Mortuus]

Shadows of the moon



Moonlight playing the 7 veiled striptease with my eyes
Skies lit by stars or maybe it’s the lamps & cars
Bars leaking “I have a woman” floorboards creaking
I hear George screaming, black velvet’s piercing
“Georgia on my mind” the octaves are flatly streaming
Open my eyes to see shadows not the moonlight beaming
Colourless moon powder vacuumed to bring forth relief
Belief on the moon powder its light jiggles my knees
Released hostages from major then minor coyly speaks
To live in LA can be clinical when old habits were the issue
Sieve the moon powder, hide it in a tissue fans miss you
What should I do, “I’m moving on” to a “Lonely avenue”
Sunset boulevard isn’t a dream when the sunsets unseen
A blessing it’s been because melodies are my means
To see “America the Beautiful” is to not see it at all
But to listen to the wind’s conversation with the shores
Making mistakes perhaps the moon powder aimed me
It never tamed me I felt that emotions claimed me
Then my acutely powdered liver maimed me…..

Tears dropping selflessly from families attributing blues to Ray
Rustling chimes form opulent orchestras; a ballad in the breeze
Day of mourning was replaced by celebrating Ray’s motion play
Ray watches on, a soul shadowing the moon in watchful peace

"It would be a real bitch if I ever lost my hearing.
I know I couldn't be no Helen Keller.
That would be worse than death." - Ray Charles, Esquire, August 2003


Hope you can hear the rounds of claps
-RIP Ray Charles Robinson, 1930-2004….
He saw what we missed; now we miss what he saw…

[P. Mortuus]

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[Spoken]

i left feed on it in your battle so you know how i feel about this..

EDIT: go feed pls. Broken Pianists

[P. Mortuus]

Yup linkage checked.

[P. Mortuus]

^^^

[P. Mortuus]

last up of the day.

[P. Mortuus]

leave links.

[ElusiveFugitive]

great work Pakaveli,

The imagery on this piece was really a standout for me on this verse. The whole way through it was like I walking through a blind mans shoes and experiencing the world around me and only being able to express it in music.
Example, I could actually imagine being blind & listening to the sounds of the winds on the shore, not being able to watch the sunset. Props

I also liked how you worded names of his tracks into the verses.

Some of the rhymes were a little too simple, like the word placement in parts could be improved. That being said, I enjoyed this overall.

Peace
Elusive

[ExDaGawd]

Pretty good drop here, Feelin the poetic vibe it had within it. The imagery & creativity were really displayed well. Overall this was solid, Just work more on your rhyme schemes and vocabulary.

[Jon]

Nice drop..

decent read, the only thing I can really think of that dimmed the shine of it was the reusage of "powder". It doesnt represent anything special in my mind, but anyways..

You attempted a few multies, and had a good story line, pretty much.. It was a good piece besides the lenght, and reusage.

You probably could have done more with the topic, but ehh.. who cares.. you pulled it off.. keep writing thanks for leaving feed on the collab

[P. Mortuus]

the moon powder was the heroin and drugs stuff...Thanks^.

[Jon]

Oh..ok

thanks for clearing that up.