These two poems/song were written for Patti’s godson Seneca (son of Patti’s close friend Steven Sebring) during her downtime filming the Jean-Luc Godard film, Film Socialisme.
(The Wing Child)
O chariot of insect
O crown of wind
Two royal leopards
Run with him
On a golden lead
Of tapered vine
O the blood sky
O the blood sky
Wine of a God
Running wild
O golden seed
Who made the
Winged child
(Seneca)
Run, run my little one
Run out to sea
Run, run my little one
What do you seek?
The canvas is high
The scheme of a life
Written in the wind
The pen, the knife
Run my little one
Breathe a hymn
Breathe my little one
A hymn to Him
To Him
The master is calling, calling
The canvas is high
The scheme of a life
Written in the wind
The pen, the knife
Run, run out to sea
Run my little one
What do you seek?
If you were his eyes
If you were his dreams
The whole of the sky
Could not contain you
So run, run, run out to sea
Run, run my little one
Breathe a hymn
For Him
For thee
Seneca was written by Lenny Kaye & Patti Smith.
Seneca was produced by Jay Dee Daugherty & Tony Shanahan & Lenny Kaye & Patti Smith.
Patti Smith released Seneca on Fri Jun 01 2012.