After: Volver, Volver by Buika
written by: Ingrid Bruck
@bruck_ingrid
life wails
a jazz solo contrapuntal
her heart broken
a dream stolen
a child lost
her man
gone
on Buika’s blue notes
sorrows s—o—a—r
griefs c//r//e//s//t//
and
f
a
l
l
regrets hold her hostage
hope for the future smashed
love vanished
a cup shattered
the singer belts words out of the shadows that trap her inside a cave
sound cascades like golden shimmer on clouds
she climbs up molten scales
the running notes illuminate the pain
her voice // releases a bird
its wings b//e//a//t// in frenzy to find the door
she refuses // to stay trapped
pounds the walls and glass
won’t be stopped
only a wabi-sabi artist like Buika can fill cracks with gold
that which was broken is mended whole
in this recording
her song flies
unbound and f—r—e—e
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