Like the torrential monsoon
let your music flood over me
let it wash over my face
stream over my breasts
With the first light of dawn
let it touch my sleepy eyes.
Through the midnight darkness
let it storm into my heart
Forever and always
over the joy and pain of this life
let it drench over my being.
That dry branch
barren without fruits
let it burst forth in blossoms
at your music touch.
Whatever in me is tired, bereft, lifeless –
let your music pour forth into its layers.
Over all the thirst and hunger of my life
let your music wash forth.
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