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sol 

“Sol” is a visual poem paired with a self-produced song about love in comparison to the sun, meant to illustrate both the beauty of illumination but also the heat that transpires. Shot on Bolex 16mm, written and scored by Jesse Vela.

Poem:

The sun also rises

I hope you see the sol in me

The window breaks by soft light
You are the sun, I am tonight
Impassioned, I whimper a cry
For all times you rose, and passed me by
But still my love grows, until One day I die
Too close to you, in your rays I’ll fly

My star, I hope you see the sol in me,
Melt, please melt, all the cold for me
My star, I hope you’re always here for me,
Swallow the sky and smile right back at me

Imma freak, cut me open and see inside
Take my heart, my life, and all my pride
Recycle my pain, and churn it again,
Slash-and-burn my soil so when,
The crops are dead, you can tend.

But I contend,
These hearts I mend.
My head is cursed
Because I kissed some men.

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