Soldiers Of The Wind And Rain

[Photo: Detail from wall painting at Slocan and Hastings...Vancouver].
Words from my song: "Soldiers of the Wind and Rain": "We are each a riddle on this road of sameness and differences...With a common ground that stretches out...to the deepest stars...But each one a cosmic fingerprint...unlike any other known...And here's where we stand alone...but joined on to a necklace made of flames...And all of us we travel on ...with wounded hearts that won't confess...To what befell us on the road...that promised love and tenderness...And all of us are soldiers of the wind and rain and snow and storm...Who manage to hold on...between our little victories". As a song maker/poet...you're always reaching for words or phrases...to replace a commonly used word...if it fits the context of what you're creating. In this way..."humans"...become "soldiers of the wind and rain". Actually...for the chorus...I first wrote..."And most of us we travel on"...but even long after you've written the words of a song...you find yourself looking for addressing anything in the song...that causes you...unease. In this case...it was the word "most". I got to to thinking...that "all of us" would be better...given that we're all in the same mortal boat...and so the change was made. I also think...that "all" human beings...walk around...without giving voice in their conversations with others...to the wounds they have endured along the way...just living life...knowing that that is likely to help your survival...more than complaining about everything...you could complain about. Of course...it can be dangerous to speak for "all" human beings...given the very uniqueness of each of us...the song speaks about...but then again...in certain central ways...we are all indeed...in the same boat...and then again...what would a poet do...without poetic license...................Quester.