By Noel Ihebuzor and Susan Daniels
Susan:
How do I hold the strength
of this spring that sings
and streams;
waterfalls roaring against the shutter
that struggles to hold them in
and back, wrestles to dam them?
Noel:
What good is a spring,
if it simply wells inside
unseen, unfelt, untouched?
Susan:
Untapped and untasted
captive sweetness this strong
can nourish nothing;
only drown what holds it.
Noel:
Springs seek release
to leap and spring forth
surge to find release
(and release us)
to feed the parched earth
a destiny we call escape.
Susan:
In release what was hidden
silvers through sunlight,
a sung arrow that arcs
and returns to its source
softer now; to trace our skin
and the earth gently
with cool fingertips.
Noel:
The released waters unchain,
unbind and wash clean
and deep.
Voice fuses with vision
in the singing rainbowed fountain
defining potential, outpouring possibilities.
Susan:
An outpouring of this significance has a cost.
Within the core of this yes
that must be shouted
as it is brought forth
sleeps power that can shake the earth
and wear down mountains;
let it be heard,
let thunder be its echo,
let the sound carry
to your ears.
***What can I say, besides it is always a joy to write with Noel? Because it very much is.
Susan Daniels Poetry 
Hope that on reading this song, you too can feel some, if not all, of the joy that I felt, and still feel, singing with Susan
Noel, I think this reads beautifully–well done, my friend 🙂
Ok completely gorgeous…and for me personally made more beautiful by seeing the names and knowing female and male voice coming together to express this particular sentiment. You guys made my blog week. Cheers, Jennifer
Jennifer–your blog will never be weak–I sigh through every poem you write, they are so beautiful–but THANK YOU–Noel has that wonderful voice and mine has to make quite a stretch to even presume to be on the same page with his, but I am loving writing past my comfort level (I have a tendency to get lazy in my language, and I have to snap out of it if I’m writing with him!).
It is in the act of giving (freeing) love that we ourselves ‘find’ love. That is what your song sings to me…it makes me remember what ‘finding’ love felt like. Thanks you two. Beautiful
Thank you Rhonda 🙂 Glad it speaks to you (or did it shout?)!
It did actually. Beautiful pitch and tone!
🙂