Vanessa, Maggie, and God talking to me

An American deep southern accent jazz band chorus playing too loudly in the background, With a bee bop, scatting, drums, and a baritone male voice, Making it difficult to hear the verses, The verses are bright and clear, shouting to be heard as the angels thunder when god speaks down from the heavens, As thunder and lighting, The chorus begins to turn into female sirens, where the harmony and melody sync into one, When the Jazz turns into a choir in a church with only high pitch voices young boys and soprano women voices all with strong British accents, As the song progresses they become a trance where people just want to dance to the music to listen to God, To let themselves free to be loved

2025.07.05

[verse 1]
A fancy dinner
At Spaghettini
Off the four o five
On Seal Beach Boulevard
For my mom’s
Seventy second birthday
With my family
My loved ones 
And my nieces 
Who do not love
My family

[chorus]
Unfortunately 
We cannot choose
Our biological
Extended families
Where the time we share
Is time 
Unwanted
Unchosen strangers
Happy to be free
Away from each other
Just as relationships
Break up
The distance 
Between family 
And the time shared 
Grows further apart

[verse 2]
After being seated
Our server introduces herself
Hello my name is Vanessa 
I think that is the name
Of my divorce attorney
This is Maggie 
Who will be training 
With me today
I think that’s a coincidence
My divorce attorney 
Who supported my 
Separation
And Maggie 
Who supported 
My spiritual growth
And accepted my love
And intimacy
Until we two
grew apart

[chorus]
I sat through dinner
Reflecting on 
How god speaks 
To us through
Coincidences
How the lavender 
In the table 
In the same as the lavender 
Hung on the wall
In Maggie’s kitchen
How the large bouquets 
Of flowers 
Are green and white
Maggie’s favorite
Colors for flowers

[verse 3]
When I get the chance
I speak to Maggie 
About her name
Is it short for Margaret 
As was Maggie’s
No she says it Maggie
Spelled the same way
Her parents
Decided to name 
Their first child
Maggie on their 
First date

[chorus]
I asked her to tell me
More
Tell me more
Tell me more

[verse 4]
She did not
Know the story 
Of how a first date 
Conversation
Led to marriage
And a baby 
Named Maggie
I love thought 
I would regret 
Not knowing why

[chorus]
I explain my story 
To Maggie
And write a note 
To her parents
To call me 
To tell me more

[verse 5]
It would be good
For Maggie
To know her own 
Story 
Often untold 
I am not sure 
Why parents
Do not share 
Their stories
With their children
As I do

[chorus]
I know they do not want to hear me
Unless I make a song 
So catchy
That they do not know
It is me
Such as 
Hello
Can you hear me
Hello 
Can you hear me

[verse 6]
As June sings
Repeatedly 
Not wanting to 
Hear me
To listen to me
Wanting to ignore
My requests
Not listening 
To my please 
Maybe it is because
I do not say thank you

[chorus]
Learning Maggie’s story
Is not for me 
To hear
It was for me to ask
And not regret
To leave it up
To her parents
To Maggie 
If they want to share
Her parents’
Names are
Mary 
And 
Stewart
The sound
Of a song
A person

[verse 7]
The beginning of a story
Maybe 
The same way 
Maggie and Michael 
Michael and Maggie
Sounded so
Sweet to me
Something to savor
Something that
Was too salty
And become too
Dry
Because 
It was overcooked
And burned 
Too quickly

[chorus]
I said to Maggie 
That I would write a 
Song
That based on her 
Parents response 
About how they knew
Each other
Were the one
That I would reach 
Out to my 
Maggie 
Because god
Because 
Maggie
The Virgin Mary 
And Stewart
The steward 
Of our love 
And connection

[verse 8]
Would speak to me
As strongly 
As god is speaking 
Telling me
Coincidence 
After coincidence
Or maybe these are 
Just nothings
For me to ignore
Just as I ignore
My strong feelings
It is better to
Forget
To never 
Speak of her name
Even though
She speaks to me
Through other 
People’s voices
With their smile
With their kindness
With the small chance
That Maggie 
Only starter recently 
A week 
A month
And was serving me
And my family

[bridge]
As I sat across 
From my father
I shared this story
He took it in
With a short 
Laugh
Uncertain 
Of how God
Works
In mysterious 
Ways 
When these 
mysteries are spoken

[chorus]
Psychiatrist 
Call them voices
That are not really 
There
As others
May say
We have faith
In God
To believe
To love
To be good
To accept
And to listen
To these coincidences 
As God speaks 
To me
Thank you 
God
In your name
In your coincidences
I pray
Amen

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2025.07.05 [verse 1] A fancy dinner At Spaghettini Off the four o five On Seal Beach Boulevard For my mom’s Seventy second birthday With my family My loved ones And my nieces Who do not love My family [chorus] Unfortunately We cannot choose Our biological Extended families Where the time we share Is time Unwanted Unchosen strangers Happy to be free Away from each other Just as relationships Break up The distance Between family And the time shared Grows further apart [verse 2] After being seated Our server introduces herself Hello my name is Vanessa I think that is the name Of my divorce attorney This is Maggie Who will be training With me today I think that’s a coincidence My divorce attorney Who supported my Separation And Maggie Who supported My spiritual growth And accepted my love And intimacy Until we two grew apart [chorus] I sat through dinner Reflecting on How god speaks To us through Coincidences How the lavender In the table In the same as the lavender Hung on the wall In Maggie’s kitchen How the large bouquets Of flowers Are green and white Maggie’s favorite Colors for flowers [verse 3] When I get the chance I speak to Maggie About her name Is it short for Margaret As was Maggie’s No she says it Maggie Spelled the same way Her parents Decided to name Their first child Maggie on their First date [chorus] I asked her to tell me More Tell me more Tell me more [verse 4] She did not Know the story Of how a first date Conversation Led to marriage And a baby Named Maggie I love thought I would regret Not knowing why [chorus] I explain my story To Maggie And write a note To her parents To call me To tell me more [verse 5] It would be good For Maggie To know her own Story Often untold I am not sure Why parents Do not share Their stories With their children As I do [chorus] I know they do not want to hear me Unless I make a song So catchy That they do not know It is me Such as Hello Can you hear me Hello Can you hear me [verse 6] As June sings Repeatedly Not wanting to Hear me To listen to me Wanting to ignore My requests Not listening To my please Maybe it is because I do not say thank you [chorus] Learning Maggie’s story Is not for me To hear It was for me to ask And not regret To leave it up To her parents To Maggie If they want to share Her parents’ Names are Mary And Stewart The sound Of a song A person [verse 7] The beginning of a story Maybe The same way Maggie and Michael Michael and Maggie Sounded so Sweet to me Something to savor Something that Was too salty And become too Dry Because It was overcooked And burned Too quickly [chorus] I said to Maggie That I would write a Song That based on her Parents response About how they knew Each other Were the one That I would reach Out to my Maggie Because god Because Maggie The Virgin Mary And Stewart The steward Of our love And connection [verse 8] Would speak to me As strongly As god is speaking Telling me Coincidence After coincidence Or maybe these are Just nothings For me to ignore Just as I ignore My strong feelings It is better to Forget To never Speak of her name Even though She speaks to me Through other People’s voices With their smile With their kindness With the small chance That Maggie Only starter recently A week A month And was serving me And my family [bridge] As I sat across From my father I shared this story He took it in With a short Laugh Uncertain Of how God Works In mysterious Ways When these mysteries are spoken [chorus] Psychiatrist Call them voices That are not really There As others May say We have faith In God To believe To love To be good To accept And to listen To these coincidences As God speaks To me Thank you God In your name In your coincidences I pray Amen

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