Laid Bare

from Old Treeplanter by Scott Wicken

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Laid Bare

The corn retreats from the shade of the maple. The shape of the branches repeats in the roots in the soil. The song of the whippoorwill and the red-wing blackbird is broken by the coughing call of the bluejay on the windowsill. The patterns here are laid bare to me. I lay them bare for thee.

I was small against the grandeur of the stars in late autumn. I held a galaxy of crystals in a handful of sand. I danced in a trance dance to the aurora borealis, embraced earthly circumstances, this precious gift I have been granted. The patterns here are laid bare to me. I lay them bare for thee.

I loved you in your sadness, knew the rhythms of your madness. I held you in the darkness, tried to fill your emptiness. As we smash at the forms our mothers and fathers made we assume their shapes and make a child full of magic and grace. The patterns here are laid bare to me. I lay them bare for thee.

The veins in my flesh reflect in the leaf. The stones upon the shore are a mouthful of my teeth. The grasses bend and sway like your hair in the wind. We become the world about us become the world within. The patterns here are laid bare to me. I lay them bare for thee. The patterns here are laid bare to me. I lay them bare for thee.

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from Old Treeplanter, released June 15, 2014
Scott Wicken - Acoustic & Electric & Slide (& Backwards) Guitars, Vocals, Mandola, Cello, Bass

©℗ 2014 Scott Wicken (SOCAN)

Mixed and produced by Scott Wicken
Mastered by Cory Barnes

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Scott Wicken Waterloo, Ontario

Scott Wicken is a singer/songwriter/musician/spoken word artist/poet based in Waterloo, Ontario. He's been part of the artistic/musical communities in Vancouver, Yellowknife, Edmonton and has performed in bars, cafes, art galleries and festivals across Canada. His work pays special attention to the lyric. Currently, he is a member of City'N'Eastern, an acoustic trio of original music. ... more

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