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soul drifter
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since 2004-09-08
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0 posted 2014-12-08 12:34 PM


So Far...

Light the stars
baptism for this too, too sinful town
there you are
it's not too far
to the pulsating heartbeat sound
sweet taste of contentment
pound out all these dents
from half a life set against the wind
polish the bones of commitment
such a heady heady scent
suddenly, there you are
and here I am
so here we are
so far

Fight the wars
these truths and lies that always betray
who we are
it's not too hard
to see the sun for the milky way
bitter the pill of resentment
decode what she meant
from a buzz of laughter, tears and sighs
just as fast as a broken spirit flies
such a weighty, weighty prize
suddenly, here we are
and there I go
so there you are
so far

Listing hard to starboard
struck dumb by the power of your word
running with scissors backward
through all my useless dreaming
running her hands through my hair
and the stars kept on gleaming
against the blue-black skin so fair
night like a hurricane of daggers in my eyes
maybe someday we'll rise
set against a renewing tide that cries
somewhere on the other end of day,
sweet decay
tracing the roadmap lines in this wreck of a car
so here we are
so far

Darken the moon
exorcism of this crazy, crazy world
there I am
it's not too far
communique to a brown-eyed girl
bittersweet taste of sentiment
such honey, money well spent
on a midnight promise in elegant dress
full of half-lit understandings of love
the spider bite in every caress
oh so suddenly there you are
and there I am
so far
so far away

Carsick
the night of a thousand pinpricks
and the world won't stop spinning around
so far is the distance measured, a sun becomes a star
oh so suddenly
you just happen to be
a baptism for this too, too sinful town
and there's a pulsating heartbeat sound
deep inside
and the beat's so mean it'll scratch and kick and bite
so let's blink away the light
right where we are
so far

Such a heady, heady, scent
suddenly, there you are
and here I am
so here we are
so content
so far...

"Memory's like a train
you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away" -Tom Waits

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Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
1 posted 2014-12-08 12:38 PM


And here I am, I got this far and read you through, being really impressed and aware of your poetic skills.

Excellent work.

Margherita

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549
By the Seaside
2 posted 2014-12-11 07:56 PM


I mean your songs should be sung...i always identify with the whirlwind of emotions and tap my foot to my first memory of love and longing...and find myself wanting to get up and dance and to memorize every word to every verse and imagine the music...each poem you post is my new favorite song..and when I close my eyes there is a sweet memory there as it were,  in what seems like a lifetime ago.


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