Poem For Laura Nyro
you were haunting, elusive, bitter, sweet
your hair was long, dark, lost, lonely
you sang the scars of the streets
And when I die...
New York tendaberry…
and the past is a blue note
I wanted to embrace you
as I drowned in your lovely
soulful primal songs
Spring whispered in her ear…
upstairs by a China lamp
La la la la la la
you welcomed me to
the nocturnal chaos of
a vibrant, tormented, joyous city
Bleed a little…Til your freedom calls you
You found the system and you lost the pearl
I’m just a child of the universe
and now you’re gone
but
your
music
lives
on
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