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St. Maria in Aracoeli

from Raindrop Choir by Adrienne Edson

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lyrics

Once with hair the color of the bark
Of a great oak
Now you stand stark
Not yet soaked
From the rain that floods your wrinkled skin

Silver wisps streak down your face
Slivers within
The deepest grays
Just like in
The eroded rivers where you’d played

Fifty years you were away
Colorful threads
In vibrant skeins
But then you were lead
To return to the town you’d fled

There were stairs the height of Zeus
Made of stone
Rotting loose
You climbed alone
In the shadows of a home you’d known

From the top of the church stairs
Umbrellas open
Like quilt squares
You admire
The choir of the drops of rain

Once inside the angels taunt you
Dancing fire
Your visions haunt you
And to the spire
You inquire the good of its vantage point

Your footsteps go forth as echoes
Just as waves
Follow a swimming ghost
And betray
Those who intend to seek unseen

You leave, a thread tied to the door
Spool spinning
Between your fore-
Finger and your thumb
You’re numb, the tapestry grieves

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from Raindrop Choir, released May 19, 2012
Adrienne Edson- vocals, percussion
John Donovan- guitar, keys, percussion

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Adrienne Edson New Orleans, Louisiana

Dream weaver, soul-spinner, stardust-eyed poet based in New Orleans, LA

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