SUR LA NUIT

an electronic soundscape creates the backdrop for the poet to reflect and confess to the night.  a soliloquy to the night, reflecting on love, loss, and identity. presented thru the lens of otherness - queer identity, race, familial dynamics, gender, and access into classical art forms

the poet constructed of - mother (crafter of the words) and child (artist) seek answers about love and loss. 

“a night as beautiful as this i’ve long not seen”

ON NIGHT

A night as beautiful as this
I’ve long not seen.
But somehow the warmth and happiness
That comes on such a night evades me.
The moon—a golden, silken ball in the heavens,
Cries out to lovers
To embrace the shimmering luminescent beams of tranquility
And enjoy the beauty God had given
But somehow my heart is sad and weary
And longs for darkness and quiet.
Even though a night as beautiful as this
I’ve long not seen.
A passing cloud crosses the face of the moon
And a momentary look of despair is seen upon his face.
He looks down as if to say that I should not fear;
My depression and worry will soon be at an end.
I hope....but somehow I feel that I failed
And that I’ll never recapture the moments of ecstasy
I’ve often felt on a night
As beautiful as this.
A part of me has died, I tell the night.
I fear that a part of me dies every minute,
Promising to leave
Only an empty shell, a broken spirit.
On a night as beautiful as this
I’ve long not seen.

creator/director: Matthew Ozawa
creator/videographer/editor: Jon Wes
creator/composer: ALEXA GRÆ
poem: Connie Edgemon
french translation: Valerie Edgemon