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PRISM FACE
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
I. have you seen the prism light -
every angle another hue,
one for every point of you?
hemispheres of day and night,
Atlas overseeing
a world of different meanings?
like a great art,
every day starts
with a new interpretation.
like an ancient
sacred doctrine:
every man a new religion.
and could I have a prism face,
crystal hologram in space?
you might love me if you saw me...
if you saw me.
II. the face that launched a thousand ships
and sent them on a thousand trips -
how could anybody leave her?
on muddy shores, the puddle clouds
the shifting shallow life of shrouds.
but all is deep to a believer.
like a great art,
every day starts
with a new interpretation.
like an ancient
sacred doctrine:
every man a new religion.
and could I have a prism face,
crystal hologram in space?
you might love me if you saw me.
you'd answer me before I ask
what's the meaning of the mask?
but will you ever really know me?
© Copyright 1988 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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