Corey J. Feldman, founder of the NYC-based band Mercury Landing, is in the process of creating a rock opera. Kindly, he has agreed to share a new piece of it each week with us here in the Listening Room.

“The Green Emerald,” as the opera has been named, is almost three years in the making. An illustrated storybook will also accompany the performance of the opera, which will take place at 8 p.m Dec. 4th and 5th at the Bowery Poetry Club, located at 308 Bowery in Manhattan.

Below we have the fifth installment, entitled “Hania and Aiyana.” Click here for all previous entries. Enjoy!

V– “Hania and Aiyana”

He rules Santa Fe,

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For thousands of years the stone stayed unturned,

But throughout the ages the beings, they yearned.

Even unknowing of its powerful force,

Their souls longed for some sense of pride to endorse.

But the King was a wall of terror and fear,

His face on the TV’s, his eyes they would peer,

Into the souls of his people divine,

He’d look to his prophets to show him a sign.

*The people would nod and politely agree,

To appease their sworn leader who’d signed some decree,

But all they could need can be found in the mind,

Without a true leader their thoughts were all blind.

And so came the savior, our Master of Zen.

She fought in two wars, her weapon a pen.

Though many had died from her sword and her gun,

Her writing inspired all except one.

The King of Santa Fe though his word was the law.

His absolute power was an absolute flaw,

This ruthless leader was met with respect,

But so many wished for someone else to elect.

*The people would nod and politely agree,
To appease their sworn leader who’d signed some decree,
But all they could need can be found in the mind,
Without a true leader their thoughts were all blind.

Aiyana sent her letters to battalions abroad,

And she’d covertly mention that the King was a fraud,

Cause everyone knew this fact to be true.

He’d get on TV telling all the people what to do, saying,

“Just because it’s blood doesn’t mean you show you’re weak,

Even if the situation seems it’s never been so bleak.

Say less than you should and you’ll find all that you seek,

Cause then you will have done it, and your life is at its peak.”

*The people would nod and politely agree,

To appease their sworn leader who’d signed some decree,

But all they could need can be found in the mind.

There’s one to look deep, and she’d surely find,

The key to unlocking the truth of the world.

She’d see through the fear the King plainly unfurled.
Aiyana, the warrior, her skills surpassed by none.

As a Master of Zen, she was the chosen one.