Name: Batonelle
Duration: P00H07M53S
Description: This is two things: Batonelle, and then the final poem by the seaside, It Is Out Of My Hands Now. Michele Martin sings the Haitian lyrics, and then, at the end, Joyce Lee recite's Zeke's poem.

Batonelle

from Love Is Always Open by Zeke Nealy

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This is two things: Batonelle, and then the final poem by the seaside, It Is Out Of My Hands Now. Michele Martin sings the Haitian lyrics, and then, at the end, Joyce Lee recite's Zeke's poem.

lyrics

It is out of my hands now
The first seeds and flowers
are testaments of affection
inside every living dream
The rich soil bears gifts
as earth delights the sky
roots of the heart and
core of the spirit blossomed
before dazzling eyes.
And while in meditation prayer
I call out your name
Flowers of love
Ancestors of light

-Zeke Nealy 2015

credits

from Love Is Always Open, released July 24, 2022
Michele Martin: vocal
Joyce Lee: spoken word
David Boyce: saxophones
Erik Ian Walker: bass, ukulele
Zeke Nealy: conga, bells, shaker
JanJaap Dekker: congas
Satoko Nealy: congas

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Bottomfeeder Records San Francisco, California

Bottomfeeder records produces local artists in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. It is the official label of WackoWorld Music, the recording studio owned and operated by Erik Ian Walker.