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Michael G
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since 2000-06-25
Posts 579
Nashville

0 posted 2000-07-30 02:00 PM


I new him from the music
From the way he could play a horn
How he could smooth over notes
In such ways as to enact passion.
I new him from his guitar
The band we started when young
The aggression we poured into it
The way we laughed, how good we were.
I new him from his pain
Those days where he was alone
Hiding his thoughts of rage
Hiding his fathers aggression.
He new of my attempts
The razors cut on arms
The bottle binges to hospital
Throwing myself through a window.
He new at one time
I could'nt have cared less
For what this life had
Nor what it could have meant.
Hew new me, and yet
He could never ask
Never attempt to look at me
Always at himself for his sorrow.
He had the knowledge
I had the words to help
But he could'nt figure
And I never guessed.
He had the rage
The time honored beating
From a father who wanted perfection
For a son who felt a failure.
His private life
He kept close to his heart
Letting no one in
Letting it rip his soul away.
I moved to another place
Loosing contact
Loosing a friend
Missing the music.
A gun was found
The father sitting across the room
He had come in to continue
Not this time.
He had the gun
He had the power
He had lost all the faith
And the music was gone.

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Marina
Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245
Pickering, Ontario
1 posted 2000-07-30 02:33 PM


Michael this a very sad and heartwrenching piece.  You have really captured your emotions with great power in this one.  I am only sorry that it couldn't have been about something happy.

Hugs,
Marina


It is a blessing to have wings for words, and passion in pen
Marina Crossley


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