The Muruku Murmurations

This tune came to me while I was driving earlier this year and I didn't really progress much with the lyrics and completed the first draft this month. Yay #newshit! This piece revolved around the long distance relationship I was in, where I would feel like I was lost at sea in dealing with the undercurrents and waves of security. I will sing in the shadows For the arms, I seek to find Lost my way coming home Maps drenched in the late monsoon Paths washed by the passing tides Blinded in salt and brine Cobblestones swallowed by sand Mermaids' sirens call to land Hoping my voice can be heard Through the ocean deep May the waves carry my song Send a signal out to sea. Drifting with the swirling winds Bobbing in the mist and breeze A lighthouse to mayday back And sailors to hear my plea. Filling up the emptiness with empty memories Seabeds consume our flesh Leaves bones dry in the sand Cavities lined with words unsaid Letters in bottles unsent Tidal waves fully take over To capsize

I wrote this trying to process the incidences that happened over the past few months, trying to reflect on 2020 and what it all meant. What effect did it have on my life and honestly what does being human mean to me now after everything? Well, we all have our vices It's being human As long as we are decent human being about it Living in ignorance is the absence of compassion Being aware and living by that awareness doesn't mean we aren't allowed to be who we are Or allow good things to happen in our life We all have been monsters and are plagued by our demons At some point It's learning to take the power/authority from them, be more human ourselves and not letting the ghost of unforgiveness haunt us anymore And finding angels who walk on earth Bodies consumed by alcohol Broken by insomnia Mind seeing things that don't exist. Heavy heart that sinks beneath my feet, the same heart that pumps life through my body is pressed upon by my own soles. Beaten by every step of