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  1. one step
    take one step at a time
    I read somewhere you can manage your day better
    broken down
    but maybe I’ve been too literal
    my little pieces cut deeper
    there’s glass in your skin
    pulling me in
    stinging me back

    one day
    one more day and you’ll sleep it all off
    I transcended insomnia
    years, hours, minutes ago
    leave it alone -
    where do I show my work?
    I’ll write you a proof on the inside
    of my airlock walls

    I have overcome every asteroid field I’ve sown
    now I want to know what happens if I stay still
    do I stop breathing?
    (do) I finally forget
    what it’s like to forget
    how it feels to freefall
    lonely through the stars

    (weave me a weapon of my own reflection
    tell them they came for my home and my leftover heart and I left them 

    weave me a weapon of my own reflection
    tell them they came for my home and my leftover hope and I let them)

    maybe my problem was thinking I deserved an audience
    when I was too young for empathy, I climbed a tree and thought myself a bird
    and no one told me -
    but I am only so many tentative event horizons
    twisting in the wind
    and our time comes

    © Lira Yin. written 2022

    (Source: Spotify)

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  1. Lira does* Jamuary 2022

    much like Inktober and NaNoWriMo for visual art & fiction writing respectively, Jamuary is a month-long marathon for musicians - the mandate: write a song a day. regardless of how it turns out, it’ll be an exercise in discipline & concentrated practice time.

    “song” seems to be fairly open to interpretation, so for my purposes, I’m mostly creating one original topline per track: all vocals/melodies/lyrics/effects & processing will be mine - if I use an instrumental as a a base (largely audio that’s available through archive.org or licensed under Creative Commons), the source will be marked below.

    I started January 4 - I’ll continue until I run out of steam, likely not in January. hopefully I’ll get better as I go.

    follow along on Instagram & Soundcloud for updates as they come - I’ll keep this master list updated with credit as well:

    jam 04 - instrumental source

    jam 05 - instrumental source

    jam 06 - original instrumental

    jam 07 - instrumental source

    jam 10 - instrumental source

    jam 16 - instrumental source

    jam 24 - original instrumental + vocals

    jam 3/12 - original instrumental + vocals

    (*attempts)

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  1. sing to me, little bird
    what is it that I hear?
    drown out my spoken word
    and hide away the tear

    should you at any time
    find yourself straying
    find yourself praying
    with a shake and a lift
    of the feathers at your hip
    leave the ground dissipating

    can it be?
    in my mind
    I am free


    © Lira Yin. written 2017

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