ELECTRIC CLOUDBENDING

(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 pwani to shore?
Never imagined what was in store….

So let the moto 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...

I saw my sister,
Katara, kwa the river,
Aglow in a sliver
Of cold moonlight,
With no clouds in sight;
The water at her beck and call,
Obeying her every gesture,
Her silent commands to rise and fall
Moulded kwa her gentle pressure….

I saw my lover,
Princess Yue, wrapped in glowing silver;
Entombed kwa the moon’s cold light,
Reflected in that river;
Yet no unbroken image lay
To soothe my eyes au gently stay
The choppy water, glistening
In a multitude of highlights, shifting
Like a shattered mirror drifting by:
A million tears of light did cry….

No bending of that cold water
By highly-trained martial master,
Nor...