words that move, sound that fills

Larkin Poe- We Intertwine

As the cold turns to frost and the day becomes lost in the dark

You hold me tight, hold me near, oh my dear your love is left a mark

Yeah, you're leavin'a large mark across my whole heart

People puzzle and talk and wander and walk through their years

They say hello, say goodbye, search for someone to dry all their tears

Cause we all want the large marks, we all the big sparks

and when my heart can beat no more, I hope I'd die for all the good that's left in this world

and when my body gives out I, I hope you find out just what this whole life was for

You and me, us and we, her and I, and him and she

It's a fact ain't it true that love's the finest thing around

Through all we say, all we do, we hope that it won't let us down

We search our whole lives for the moment that it arrives

And underneath we all know we would die in the name of true love

After all the pan, the lies, the games, when push came to shove

We would pay any price, we would give our whole lives

And when my heart can beat no more, I hope I'd die for all the good that's left in this world

And when my body gives out I, I hope you find out just what this whole life was for

You and me, us and we, her and I, and him and she

Yours and mine, thou and thine, and all the ways we intertwine

Ours and theirs, the dreams we share here and there and everywhere

Everywhere

Good writing strikes a nerve. It's like something becomes alive inside that had been slowly dying...like a rejuvenation of spirit, an awakening of a lost part of the soul. It makes me want to read and read and read just so I can think. Think about everything and really nothing at all because it's all put simply in the words before me. Still, it creates a yearning..a hope that there might be more there somewhere if you contemplate it enough, if you search it. This is good writing. It is simple and complex. Both freeing and demanding. There is a unique power in the right words chosen, the right syntax and rhythm that flows..the diction that perfectly explains.

Of course, good writing accompanied by music, by a reassuring sound is just that much better. Not only do the words sing to your inner being, but the melody makes it worth hearing. The sisters of Larkin Poe understand all of this...and this song I heard tonight for the first time struck a chord for significant writing...of words and lyrics and sweet noise. How well said, how well voiced and accompanied, how talented.