Rip-Pride, Summer '16. Now, that was a Poetic Challenge. Grateful for Day 7 of #VerseLove and Missing @AbuBility, @LBility, Our Berry Girl

The challenge was take a song and rewrite it with its same rhythm, syllables, and beats. Chris Goering plays country music, so prompted us with a piece of his own. He wrote, however, about his ancestors migrating from the Czech Republic and Russia, making me think of the boys and theme song from 2016. It was what we played whenever we could, so when Rhiannon came to visit, it just added another voice to the silliness of Mt. Pleasant. I cannot hear the song without thinking of that summer: Chitunga, Abu, Lossine, and Rhiannon, all at crossroads in their life, but still young on their journeys (albeit it, more transitional for Rhiannon). Every day that summer we barbecued, played corn hold, went to the beach, and laughed. It was a summer of laughter and in retrospect, I realize it is unlikely to ever happen again. 

And so, I rifted on the song we sang all summer but changed the lyrics to fit us.

Rip-Pride: Summer, 2016

They were here for beaches and this Frog.

    I was proud of mentoring

and guiding explorations

All these kids just living dreams…

     …a forever history, so it seems.

Hmm, hm hmmm, hm. Hmm hm hmmm hm

And they all grow up….

Dolphin, swimming with us on the ocean, 

diving ahead of our moon light.

I want such joy & hope again.

We are love always singing that good song I think the hearts reappear, Cuz

     we’re gonna sing the words, right?

There are moments when we feel alive.

The kids decide to summer well 

and drive to live the pond life.

These captains, making fun of Frog,

and she’s been laughing,

warrior girl, she is.

Hmm, hm hmmm, hm. Hmm hm hmmm hm

And they all grow up…

Dolphin, swimming on the blue ocean, 

diving ahead of the moon light.

She just wants some Burger King.

Eagle love, when we’re singing this good song,

And I know my heart reappears, Cuz 

we’re gonna sing as we do…

We just wanna, we just wanna go,

for another, for another day…

We just have to, we just have to grow…

We must love it, We must love it - 

there’s no other way.

I swear we’re destined for this scene

Lossine’s love of Michelle Pfeiffer 

            as he sips caffeine.

Dolphin, swimming down by the blue sea 

diving ahead of the moon light.

We want to live this life again.

Abu’s glue when we’re singing that good song

     And I think our hearts reappear, Cuz

we’re gonna sing the words right…

Oh, Dolphin, swimming in that blue ocean, 

      diving ahead of this moon light.

          We want to live this life again

We are love,

    when we’re singing this ol’ song,

     I know our hearts reappear, Cuz

        we’re gonna sing like we do…

Oh, Dolphin, swimming by the blue ocean, 

diving ahead of the moonlight.

    We want to live this life again

We are love, when we’re singing our true song

I think hearts reappear, Cuz

we’re gonna live as we do…

know our hearts reappear, Cuz

      we’re gonna love as we do…

                      ~brcrandall