You are a musician because you're alive,
you're a voice which sings to survive
and the only choice you'll ever get in the matter
is what song,
always what song.
And whatever it is that you sing will burst
as the orca's triumphant breaking breath
from one dulcet world unto the next,
will expand to touch all that you'll ever know
and determine all you ever will
so that a victorious song is your human right
is both your salvation and your reward,
is your reason for being and your call of duty,
that if you must sing you will sing
to whatever end,
to whatever resounding finish you make.
Charlotte Cuevas
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IWACA FEATURE POETRY
Charlotte Cuevas
Thank you again, Charlotte for your generosity in sharing such beautiful poetry with us.