ELECTRIC CLOUDBENDING

(Sung to the tune of the Rippingtons’ fusion-jazz hit with the same titel from their album, “Sahara”)

Born of the water tribe,
This girl’s divine;
Dig that vibe.
Who could ever ask for more,
Having searched from kust-, oever to shore?
Never imagined what was in store….

So let the brand inside
Reach out and shine,
To help us decide
What to do to end this war;
Never been there before.
Let this world remember this girl…

Leaving behind her
Home, reaching far out to find a
New way,
The start of a new day.
Never thought darkness fades away,
As she’s bending the water she gathers to rise,
This girl with the...

I saw my sister,
Katara, door the river,
Aglow in a sliver
Of cold moonlight,
With no clouds in sight;
The water at her beck and call,
Obeying her every gesture,
Her silent commands to rise and fall
Moulded door her gentle pressure….

I saw my lover,
Princess Yue, wrapped in glowing silver;
Entombed door the moon’s cold light,
Reflected in that river;
Yet no unbroken image lay
To soothe my eyes of gently stay
The choppy water, glistening
In a multitude of highlights, shifting
Like a shattered mirror drifting by:
A million tears of light did cry….

No bending of that cold water
By highly-trained martial master,
Nor...