Standing back, up on the stage
I can't, nor want to, disengage
My eyes locked on you as you sing
You know that I'd do anything
To play with you, us side by side
The songs we love, I'll be the guide
And jog your memory with a tune
I'll be the jukebox in the room
I'll start with something that I know
You'll pick it up and then we'll go
On flights of whimsy, musically
Where they'll end? Who knows, we'll see
Amazing, this would be with you
So effortless, and easy too
This poem is just to see if I can jog your memory.
It might be rock it might be funk it might be soul
Or it could be punk.
Are you ready so let's go how many songs will you
Know
You might be going downtown or have seen Kathy's
Clown.
Were your boots made for walking and we're your friends
Jive talking.
Did you pass the house of the rising sun was your house
The house of fun.
Have you seen a crocodile rock or did you rock around
The clock.
Is your town called malice and did you live next door
To Alice.
Holiday leaving on a jet plane all your friends you will
See
And that special friend named Valerie.
Read this again but read it slow how many songs
Did you know.
In the 1950’s we thought we were so modern, so sophisticated, so posh.
When Barbie came out, she was the rage, and we little girls thought we were ready by gosh.
Goodbye Vargas pinup girls, good bye hoop skirts, and Betty Boop. Some of us would confer.
A 1950’s art peek might amaze you as to how into space travel we were.
The ones who were in style so to speak, we decorated with abstracts, big and bold.
Moms carefully steered clear of the nature colors of our grandmothers, they seemed way too old.
These colors came back into style about twenty years ago, full force and all.
To jog your memory bank, look at the ads of your childhood. They are a wake up call.
You carried my heart in your pocket like loose change
No regard for love just using me when it was convenient
Sometimes you would even forget I was there
But the sound of glass shattering and the faint whisper of freedom yearning for wings
Would jog your memory
As the melody of my heartbeat would caress your ears
You threw me around where ever you pleased and placed me in anywhere to be left behind
Only thinking of me when you found me where you last left me
Treating my heart like a good luck charm, something less than the precious life I had
You carried my heart in your pocket so I decided to leave it behind
Because you broke my heart beyond repair and I needed to learn how to love myself all over again
p.s. I’m rebuilding me so I can love again…
My darling
Time is no longer on our side
Since your car crash we have no money
For you are no longer able to work
If I can’t find a job I may have to go on the run
The debts are piling up so high they almost reach the sky
Brain damage has taken its toll on you
I wish you were able to speak to me
But all as long as you can still breathe …
That is the most important thing
I still visit you every day
Talking to you about our once happy life
Trying to jog your memory
Do you remember the time we saw the total eclipse
Together we saw the dark side of the moon
Oh what memories it conjures up
Don’t give up the fight
It’s not your time to go to the great gig in the sky
Babe, its you and me not us and them
If you should leave me my darling
I will remember your request …
No black at your funeral
You said wear any colour you like
No matter what happens I will love your forever
Contest:- Album Tracks Tell Stories
Sponsor:- James Fraser
18th August 2015
Album 1 chosen ~ Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
TRACKS used: Speak to Me/ Breathe, On the Run, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Color You Like, Brain Damage, Eclipse
I’m from Lift Valley
Deep in an over and done Ethiopian city
I come to lead you
How can you forget the architect of Egyptian pyramid?
Unless you are not part of this creation
The jungle raises me up
The only playground I master to play
While at the same time I became a pro hunter
Learning jungle survival vital lessons
But I'm not scared yet
Is in you, I value my jungle
And my central land of great lakes
is also available in my new poetry book
http://www.amazon.com/Wideness-Their-Voice-jungle-codes/dp/1495959538
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