Spoken Word poetry by Giovanna Sclafani and music by Bill Mazur

A Great Day for an Epiphany.

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 Great Day for an Epiphany
By Giovanna Sclafani (c.) Copyright 2013

Meditating on my life today,
I cried out to the spirits above,
And poured out my heart and soul
To the gods now I start to pray.

A revelation to me has occurred;
It came to me while wide awake,
Everything else was just a blur,
I purged my soul for my own sake.

All of my life flashed before me,
I asked forgiveness for all my mistakes.
And I had quite a few you better believe
But of everything in my life that I’ve seen;
The worst thing was to see, mom in her state,
It was just more than I could take.

I told mom, to just let go….
Let your spirit flow….
She is hanging on to life,
But is at the end of her rope.
I believe that her mere existence,
Is from her own…

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A Great Day for an Epiphany.

 Great Day for an Epiphany
By Giovanna Sclafani (c.) Copyright 2013

Meditating on my life today,
I cried out to the spirits above,
And poured out my heart and soul
To the gods now I start to pray.

A revelation to me has occurred;
It came to me while wide awake,
Everything else was just a blur,
I purged my soul for my own sake.

All of my life flashed before me,
I asked forgiveness for all my mistakes.
And I had quite a few you better believe
But of everything in my life that I’ve seen;
The worst thing was to see, mom in her state,
It was just more than I could take.

I told mom, to just let go….
Let your spirit flow….
She is hanging on to life,
But is at the end of her rope.
I believe that her mere existence,
Is from her own resistance.

I thought I was going mad
I felt so very sad,
Talking to myself out loud,
Crying to the gods,
Then I got mad.
But, I arose from my tear stained shroud.
And walked like a zombie,out of my sadness.

I sorted out all of the rubbish in my life,
And came to this simple conclusion,
That everything that I endured,
And every trial and tribulation,
Now, seems to me,just like an illusion.
which helped me, As I awake,
and walk forward into the light,
that guides me to all things for my sake.

For everything,there was a reason.
I listen now to the spirits when they call.
Don’t be your own worst enemy of treason.
The lesson is to love yourself most of all.
There is a time for our purpose, and then we’ll see
Just look within for the answers of what you can be.

Finally I realize so many truths
I heard the voice telling me so.
I have learned to love myself
And the inner voices that tell me;
That Now I am finally free!

Today was a great day for an Epiphany
And yes, it did occur,
If I were to tell it all; you may not believe,
The Past is over and is like a blur,
I let it go and set it free; it’s like a windswept leaf.
But it’s made me a better person for it all,
And I still listen to the spirits when they call.A 

Out of Body (c.)2013 Giovanna Sclafani

Out of Body (c.) Copyright 2013

by Giovanna Sclafani

Woke up today and I was flying
Looking down below,
At my mortal body sleeping
In a moment fleeting
Not knowing where I’d go.

Floating, soaring, boundless in the sky above
While flying in some astral plane
Overwhelmed by an all encompassing feeling of love,
All the while, wondering, how is it that I came.

Trying to find my way by the stars,
Gazing at the beauty of the islands in the sun,
In a moment, somehow I’d traveled so far.
I feel an over powering feeling of love for someone,
It was such a quintessential and pure love I sensed.
A powerful love that sent lightning bolts to my senses,
That flooded my soul with feelings so immense.

As my spirit started to glide into the universe,
I must have seen God’s aura shining bright,
it was like seeing a glimpse of heaven on earth.
Basking in his blinding and intense love light,
My soul now takes flight,
And once again I am soaring in the sky
Guided by this bright love light
That I found in you.

Back to earth
Back to my mortal body
I awake refreshed,
Still high on this agape love,
Our spirits had meshed
While my soul took flight in the night,
I drank from the crystal clear mountain springs,
And ate the ambrosia that was laid before me
I had a glimpse of quintessential love, 
In a land where we lived in before,
So very long ago.

Come with me once again,
To our valley of love,
That belonged to you and me,
And together we shall see,
All its love and beauty.
We’ll drink of the crystal clear waters,
That time has now changed to wine,
Now we can find a love so sublime
That was once yours and mine

Spirits of Hope (c.) by Giovanna Sclafani Copyright 2013

SPIRITS OF HOPE

Voices of spirits from another dimension,
Speak softly to me with a message of hope today,
The dark ominous clouds surrounding you for so long,
Now they disperse and fade so far away.

An bright aura of blinding light surrounds you now,
that wards off opaque and dark shadows near,
Showers you now with love and beauty somehow,

This cool sweet rain of love erases all your fears

.Soon a Rainbow of love and hope will abound,
with all it’s splendid colors that dazzle now your eyes,
The treasures that you seek now can be found.
with abundance of joy you’ll find wings to fly

.As you fly above the clouds so high,
then you swerve down below then glide,
A voice tells you to soar back up into to the sky,
where peace and love in abundance abides

.The black clouds have now dispersed from one
No darkness can penetrate the blinding light of love too.
Now you shine like a million diamonds in the sun,
that dance on the sea reflecting the inner light within you.by Giovanna Sclafani (c.)2013

Lucid Dreams (Poem) by Giovanna Sclafani and music by Bill Mazur

Leave it all behind (c.)2013 Giovanna Sclafani

Leave it all behind

Lost in time
Lost in space
Lost in this place
Called the human race.It’s a dog eat dog world
With our ego’s all intact
And our heads in a swirl
And that’s a fact

Good versus Evil
Who will win the race?
And cross the finish line first,
Pushing and shoving money in their face
Greed is the driving thirst.

So you’ve won,
Before they’ve begun.
You’ve won the grand prize,
A stack of money green.
But love you’ve never seen.
So you run and hide.
In your island in the sun,
While the jealous one’s chide,
Your life has just begun.

Can your wealth bring love?
Can you really know this is true?
Leave it all behind when you die,
For the reapers are never shy
To steal it all away
Hurdled in corners dark
Waiting to get their part
While you lay in a cold dark tomb
They will spend your wealth
With sins done in stealth.

And your cold body now shivers,
To the naked bones where you lie,
On the day that you die
You’ll leave it all behind
Never mind to worry
Never you mind
You’ll have to leave it all behind.

by Giovanna Sclafani (c.)2013

From a poet to a lyricist. What a grand feeling to help write a song!

I thought that the best thing that I ever did was to publish a poetry book until I collaborated on a song with my good friend Nigel Spencer.  It wasn’t any harder than writing poetry except I had to count syllables on each line much like a Haiku in poetry only set to music.

It was easy to write to Nigel’s great and beautiful music. He sent me the music and I listened to it over and over until I got the feel for what the lyrics should be. At first I had ‘writer’s block’ as I kept pouring over all of my poetry lyrics and trying to see if any fit with the syllables in the tune. Finally,I got tired and decided to sleep on it and maybe I would come up with some lyrics tomorrow.  Well, I have found out that it’s hard for me to contrive poetry, the words have to come to me in the form of inspiration or soul searching or from another dimension or spiritual world. I know that sounds crazy but it does seem to be a mystery sometimes at how I arrive with lyrics to my poetry. I read my finished poems sometimes and wonder where it all came from. And other times, I read my poetry and think to myself that I am terrible.. I have insecurity issues, I believe. But this particular day, I woke up and I kid you not, the lyrics were resounding in my head…. I couldn’t believe it, and within fifteen minutes I wrote words to a song.  Now the lyrics are not so profound as my poetry is sometimes but I find songwriting can be more restrictive to creativity depending on the syllables allowed.  I wish that I could write music, then   I would just write my own lyrics to go with my music.  

I am very pleased and happy how this song came out and I tell you this song made me cry!  And from the beginning ,as soon as I heard the music, even without words, I knew it was going to be a sad love song thus came the title ‘Sad Chords, Goodbye” and I thank Nigel Spencer for writing such beautiful music.  He sprinkled his magic dust on this song and made a beautiful arrangement that is so special to me. I was so overwhelmed when I heard this finished song for the first time, that I felt warm tears of joy flowing from my eyes.  I love his musical and vocal interpretation of my lyrics! It was perfect in every way for me!

I hope to be writing more song lyrics soon and to be collaborating on some spoken word poetry with another musician friend of mine. I am so excited on the doors that are opening to me since my book publication. Of course, these musicians were already good friends of mine before. 

Now I’d love to share this song again by Nigel Spencer and me.  

Hope you enjoy. I just had to share my story here.

http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/15604575?1336410755

http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/15604575?1336410755

Sad Chords Goodbye (2012) by Nigel Spencer and Giovanna Sclafani

http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/15604575?1336410755    It’s and honor and privilege to have been asked to write the lyrics for the beautiful music of Nigel Spencer,  This song is the result of our recent collaboration and I am so happy and pleased at the results.  Nigel was greatly influenced by the music of the Moody Blues and it shows in his wonderful music. Please check out all of his music on reverbnation. He has made many albums over the years and his music is outstanding and needs to be heard and appreciated by the whole world…. This song Sad Chords Goodbye brings tears to my eyes much like Nights in White Satin does to me.  

Where Love has flown (c,) Copyright Oct.12,2012

Where love has flown

‘Golden and silver light flashing across the sky

Red sunsets and pale moon, love that never dies’

 

In the dark blue haze of twilight,

Shadows dancing across the sky!

Birds flying high, far from sight,

Images of him flash before my eyes!

 

In the dim light,

Birds are flying high,

Touching the sky.

Where have they gone?

Have they heard heavens song?

 

 

Dawn brings the golden sunlight shining.

Blue birds singing nearby me,

As I gaze in the clear blue skies,

A vision of him again flashes,

Before my eyes!

Where has he gone?

Has he heard heavens song?

 

Memories of love from days of past,

Love meant to last.

Where has love flown?

Has it heard heaven’s song?