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soul drifter
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0 posted 2012-06-29 01:15 PM


Sparrow's Wing

The October leaf girl
washing sadness from her eyes
lifts a black lash like a sparrow's wing
she's a grace tainted by lover's lies

And up n' down the boulevards of frustration
you're doomed to never find a service station
oh no love
can't you ever love enough?

The spark of July boy
blending colors of the night
shifts mood into wolfen gaze
his is a face of pale dawn moonlight

And in n' out all the doors of perception
fired my engines of creative reflection
oh now I
I wanna case the open sky

C'mon... sift through the wreckage of your mind
c'mon... part the fine feathers to find
all the baggage you can't leave behind
the carousel spins all the time
so c'mon... hear the sound of love as it sings
through the tips of a sparrow's wing

In spun chambers of heart,
what blooms there can be finite
but even if the afterglow fades
traces can be an oasis of loving light

And on n' on blood flows like wild snaking rivers
in a world that demands you to stand and deliver
oh sweet love
d'ya think you're tough enough?

C'mon... sift through the wreckage of your mind
c'mon... part the fine feathers to find
anything precious you can't leave behind
the wheels are spinning all the time
so c'mon... feel the rush of love as it sings
through the tips of a sparrow's wing

Little one...
oh I don't find too much in the layers of me
that can ever brighten the world
and I'm sure you don't see meaning in you
that makes you more than just a pretty girl
but hey hey the sparrowsong's like a haunted ride
you take down n' out of the feelings you hide
oh little one...
this ride has only just begun

C'mon... sift through the wreckage of your mind
c'mon... part the fine feathers to find
hold on...destinations hold no candle flame
to the ragged thread journey there
go on...go on...
and all that baggage you can't leave behind
the carousel spins yeah it spins all the time
so c'mon now... hear the sound of love as it glides
through the changing of a blue-green tide
c'mon now...feel the rush of love as it sings
through the tips of a sparrow's wing
yeah a sparrow's wing
yeah a sparrow's wing

Little one...



"I will hang on the hook of your splendor" -Snow Patrol, 'Dark Roman Wine'

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1 posted 2012-06-29 01:45 PM


Is this a song? It reads so lyrically... Well done!!
JerryPat2
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2 posted 2012-06-29 01:47 PM


Taking the world between muddy ditches here in this sad refrain of love and lies and October girls and July boys. Sadness is where you find it, and what the hell, it could have gone the other way and she'd be feeling grand sensations. July boy is a mirage and the paleness of his face color tells us he is a secret kept.

If I run into Sal Paradise I'll say hi for you, and maybe he'll put in a good word to Jack for both of us.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

ebonygirl
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3 posted 2012-06-29 03:16 PM


Soul Drifter... you wrote my song!
Lol, ms. e

Startime1955
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Alberta, Canada
4 posted 2012-06-29 04:31 PM


For me I felt sadness and it made me think of all the baggage that I am learning to see than put behind me...a stunning poem that sings with meaning...*BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

ethome
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New Brunswick Canada
5 posted 2012-06-30 07:05 AM


Nicely done and very lyrical.
Got a nice appeal in the chorus type of repeats.
Enjoyable read for sure.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

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