Celebrate With Me
I can still feel your spirit crying out inside me
Everywhere I go I can feel you walking beside me
And a village of spies running around me
Something is really making me uneasy
No one is really bothering me now
But from the day you announce that you are going to quit
Something strange has over shadowed me and it will not leave me
I am feeling a great sense of remorse that you plan to go
And you haven’t completed the show
The stage is still set the audience is waiting and my heart is breaking just because you said that you are going to go
I have carried you in my bosom all these years
I v’e nurtured and cherished you
And did everything possible to promote you
I have taken so much from you that has given me life
I always feel your presence in my room
Now that you say that you are leaving
My spirit cannot stop grieving
The time has come when I have to
Show my strength and stamina
To avert a foreseen disaster
I have been preparing for this for many years
I have practiced day and night
And I have put up a strong fight
Even when the wind is lashing to and fro
I am always on the go to do the last show
I can still see the sadness on your red lips
And can see you anxiously waiting
For that promised kiss,
He is waiting anxiously for you
How much he adores you
The silence of the night seeps into my soul
And the wind is showing me which place to go
Cars and trucks are rolling down the street
And the buses are going around the beat
I am trying to make sense of a distant sound
It is the sound of laughter, and loud chatter
Singing and shouting dancing and prancing.
And the anxious crowd waiting on the other side
There is a game in the crowded stadium
A cloud of white filled one side
And sea of maroon red on the other side
The cloud sat silently like a choir
Waiting to start a religious ceremony
While the other side is screaming and shouting
Passion is running high but reason filled the sky
Anxious eyes move up and down the crowd
While tearful eyes waiting for a chance to roll their dice
Anxiety mounts and the sound of a distance drum
Echoed across the field listening to their silent plea
But it was not meant to be
The river of blood was waving after me
They began to celebrate until they broke out of the gate
It was evident that the game was over
When they broke out of the barrier
Screams and shout echoed all about
The looser wept while the winners celebrate
Why can’t the looser celebrate with the winner?
I win and you loose
I laugh you cry
I celebrate but you are pumped up with hate
Why can’t the looser celebrate with the winner?
I am a nomad in this little town
I am roaming from town to town
I don’t know where I am bound
I am hopping from city to city
I am feeling very jittery
I have no tent
I have no den
But I am waiting for the hen to lay the egg
I laugh you cry
Why can’t the looser celebrate with the winner?
Big men are brought to tears
Shaking in anxiety and despair
Hands clenched to their shoulder
Looking on in disbelief at their lost victory
They were stranded in the middle of town
They have lost the bet and I picked up what was left
Why can’t the winner celebrate with the looser?
I can share my joy with you
And congratulate you when you get the breakthrough,
Why can’t the winner celebrate with the looser?
Copyright © Christine Phillips | Year Posted 2019
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