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Nothing Seems To Last Another Collaboration With Eileen and me

This Is a Tanka written by Eileen Manassain and reimagined by me by 
adding every other verse in order to create Lyrics we could put to music.
please visit Eileen recent page and enjoy This poem in it's original Form.
I want to Thank Eileen for the privilege of working with her on these poems


Nothing seems to last
The present now the past
flowers weep faded petals
Like flaking paint or rusty metal

A faint scent lingers
Upon the barren tips of fingers
once blooming in bright color
Now appear quite smothered

My poems have lost their appeal
No longer things seem real
emotions wither
And darkness comes hither

Wilted words whirl in the wind
Until they blow my way again
bereft of beauty
Void of duty

I strive to remain rooted
In a world so polluted
hoping for droplets of love
Droplets from above

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Jan Allison July 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM wow Jerry what an amazing collaboration with Eileen, you are both so gifted! I love the way the verses flow so seamlessly with your additional lines and the music and singing is superb. YOU ROCK!!!! hugs jan xx Jerry T Curtis July 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM Thank you Jan, Eileen is a very talented writer as well as you. Thanks again.

Eileen Manassian July 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM I'm so glad you posted this!!! I really love it so much. Your added lines give it beauty. You are so kind. These songs are giving life to my mundane existence. Big hugs. PS...I uploaded the I Miss You Song. Jerry T Curtis July 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM Thank you, you are so kind, I like this song also. Your words inspired the rest of the lyrics. I'm glad you were able to upload, I was thinking about all day as to how I could explain it without it being confusing. God bless