The Water-Whip

(Sung to the tune of the Rippingtons’ fusion-jazz hit with the same title from their album, “Sahara”)

Born of the water tribe,
This girl’s divine;
Dig that vibe.
Who could ever ask for more,
Having searched from shore to shore?
Never imagined what was in store….

So let the fire inside
Reach out and shine,
To help us decide
What to do to end this war;
Never been there before.
Let this world remember this girl…

Leaving behind her
Home, reaching far out to find a
New way,
The start of a new day,
Never thought darkness fades away,
As she’s bending the water she gathers to rise,
This girl with the...

They move like water,
Shadowless, in their luminescent
Splashing, like the laughter
Of waves on the beach, incandescent
By day with a million reflections of sunlight,
Remaining awake as the full moon by night….

They smile like friends,
Long-lost but never forgotten,
Longing to make amends
For opportunities unbegotten;
Beyond physical embrace, emerging
To enclose my lonesome spirit with their merging…

They gaze like sisters
In a fellowship of healing:
Mending fractures, soothing blisters,
Closing gashes, never leaving
Any wound untended
By healing as water was intended;
A spiritual transfusion—
My being...

ACT ONE: SHADOWLESS WATER

Shadowless water
Endless dance
Unlimited power
Infinite chance

Message-sending
Swirling, bending
Healing, mending
Gently tending

Hurt-dissolving
Rock-resolving
Fire-quenching
Hate-reversing
Soul-immersing
Life-giving
Love-reviving
Mesmerizing

Releasing, freeing
Energizing
Intertwining
Integrating

Shadowless water
Unfolding dance
Infinite power
Creator’s stance

ACT TWO: SIFU KATARA
        
She becomes the water
That she bends;
She becomes the power
That she sends;
She becomes the healing that mends;
She becomes the lover that tends;
She becomes the tenderness...