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Float away

Let the wind take you

Remember where you come from

Let go

I will be leaving Montreal very soon to California, then Brazil, until Christmas to learn more about entheogens ,pursuie my studies in music and keep expanding my presence.   Feel free to write, find me on Facebook (search Suleyka Montpetit), engage, explore, stay in touch!  I will keep on posting periodically my gems, finds, thoughts maybe some music and more….

I just saw a very unnerving documentary called Zeitgeist.  It treats the subjects of religion, hierarchy, the banking system, 9/11 and the real reason behind wars.  It is a real eye-opener to the situation of the world we live in today, how it got there and what we can do to keep our freedom…It is two captivating hours long and can be watched for free online at the following link:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331

Chance
or
Choice? 

Word
or
Voice? 

Void
or
Use?

Win
or
Lose?

Love
or
Loss?

Toys
or
Tools?

Way
or
Why?

Rate
or
Right?

La douceur d’être…
Pour y goûter
Y a pas grand’ chose à faire
Plus à défaire

Couper la corde
Pour reprendre son sens

La vie me donne
Des petites claques
Et dit:

“Deviens forte ma belle
Attache tes cheveux
Crache-toi dans les mains

Écoute!
Les rires résonnent
Le vent s’étend
Englobe la surface de ta peau

Il y a toujours des trous dans les nuages
Les étoiles brillent derrière ”

Mon corps chante de partout
Je me sens
vivante.

Please forgive me for unloading my cheesiness and torturing you with this premium earworm: Tomorrow from the Annie musical

(So imagine a cheesy cowgirl with a glittery blouse, big white hat and boots to match fronting a raunchy band in a grimy bar in the Midwest)

Heartbreak ballad

I should have known better than falling for you
I should have known my heart would get broken in two

You told me straight from the start
There were no promises from your part
You warned me, but I can’t help myself
Cause you turn me on

I always want the ones I can’t get
The love that’s right there I don’t see it yet
You’ve been there All of these years
I was blind them now I see clear
You’re just precious my baby
You turn me on

So I learn I’m not your only one
Well I can’t be second to none

I have to go on my way
If you want to join come anyday
If you’re ready for me, cause
You turn me on

I just love it.
No I JUST LOVE IT!

I am thankful
NOW!

An easy smile graces
My relaxed face

Here I go
Home again

Invited to be
Listening to the sounds
Of human nature

Here I go again
Resting against
The ground
Ears open

You voice mixes
With my rhythyms
And I just love it!

It was a beautiful Friday night. Me a my friend had spent hours dressing up for a costume party at Moment Factory. I was dressed up as an elf, with a really short skirt, fake long ponytail, spock ears, furry boots, the whole shanbang. We go down the stairs, and as I close the door, my hassidic landlord who lives downstairs ask me to come into his house. Perplexed, I follow him carefully down the corridor, in front of the stunned faces of a wheelchaired grandma and a full tribe of kids. He leads me to the kitchen so I can turn of the gas on the stove. You see it was Sabbath and since the sun had set, so it was forbidden for them to do any work, like turning the gas off…I walked out in front of the same wide-eyed grandma and kids, and went off to party in style!

My song
Sings itself
In everything
I do

Everywhere I go
It is ringing

All that I see
Names it

All that I am
Will be singing
Until the silence
Sets in

It is a strange gift
This diamond in a box of junk

You gave it with a sly smile
You dared me to find it

I am used to things
That are slightly frayed
Around the egdes

Yet I imitate a coy princess
I prentend to be shy
Innocent
Pale

I am boiling
Scalding hot
You know it

So don’t give me
No ice.

I use to want to be a star
Now I’d rather be the Earth
Because the Earth receives the Light
And give birth to Life again.

I use to shine
Now I stand in the shadows
Watch the flickering rays
Reflect on your face

I wanted everybody to see me
Now I can see them clearly
I wished for all to hear me
I am now listening to you

Surprise me!
Amaze me!

[(Like)] a stone turning to sand

a drop going to the sea

a leaf slowly decomposing

a cycle, completed.

Last night I couldn’t sleep thanks to my foolishness of drinking caffeinated drinks, and I started to read Leonard Cohen’s Book of Longing I picked up at the librairy and it was just perfect. His word resonate beyond my senses. I have this imagined love story with Leonard Cohen, and I am steadfast in my faith that one day, we will be reunited. Even for just a minute.

I saw him twice already; the first time I was sitting in the grass in my white dress at the mountain by the side of Park Avenue. One of these hot sunny days whose thought become a ray of light in a Montrealer’s winter. Chatting with my friend about the music we’ll do, the art we’ll be, the songs we’ll write. And suddenly I look up and there he was, staring at me from his black SUV. The light turned to green and he went fast, like a kid caught doing naughty.

The second time was the early fall, I was busy running errands, getting ready to leave to California. I crossed St-Laurent boulevard in front of the Portugal Park and there he was, crossing on the other side. First I looked passed, and then I looked again, in awe. He saw that I saw him, and kept going.

I immediately made up this plan of jumping on my bike that was on the other side of the street and pedal up to him to tell him….something…And right then, a tourist guy started to ask me directions, very slowly, to an obscure club I once knew and couldn’t remember, so I stumbled “this way, maybe” and reached out for my wheels. And Leonard was gone. Now I know that he was at Bagel etc…where he apparently eats breakfast everyday.

I know, i just know that the next time I will, least, look him in the eye.

Oh and the DVD of I’m Your Man is available and I highly recommend it
(even though, for some reason, the “cool” artists who sing his songs in movie get on my nerve)