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acoustic guitar rock by singer and songwriter ben bruce

honest songs, honestly sung

This hand-drawn image is inspired by Letter to a Young Poet, written by William Carlos Williams, in which he describes how all our efforts as writers and as men must be to release the enchained dragon within us.
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Black Bear

On a mountainside, I found my shady grove
And one day a long time ago, I met a black bear
And through that ancient arch, into that liminal space
I took her, and that diamond ring, into that sacred place

And I knelt down …

Golden sunlight came down, and filtered to the ground
A dappled pattern that dazzled the eye, oh that a young writer found
A sanctuary for my brother the sun, and I drew power down
A magic moment in a lifetime of love, on my knees on the ground

And I breathed, and I said …