Word of the Day: Provoke
I sing to coax the clouded sun, to soothe the doves that coo.
I sing to quell the lightning skies that clash and clamour too.
I sing to lift the Bell-Jar glass that aims to suffocate.
If only I could sing to make the despots abdicate.
Some scriptures say I'm bound for Hell but here I stay and sing.
I dare disturb the universe with music reckoning.
Some say my kind should not exist, that we should be destroyed,
But dolce, I dismiss and let my kindness kill their noise.
As long as I have air and breath, I'll sculpt my voice to bloom —
Defy the odds, provoke cruel gods and sing the tyrants doom.
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* Dolce: adverb & adjective
(especially as a musical direction) sweetly and softly.
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