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Open Poetry #44

The Sad Parade

soul drifter
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since 2004-09-08

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0 posted 2009-04-22 10:48 AM

The Sad Parade

Spanish Harlem rose
no one knows where it goes
when it's gone
tonight when the lights flash on
I'll be singing my freedom songs
in the dark coffee houses downtown
my heart will explode with melodious sounds
a wonder in my wandering for the bells that ring
in this 24-hour city,
my heart is beating in such ferocity
that I don't know when to stop
I feel the night's pressure drop
then I go back for more
more than I ever needed before

A solitary soul drifter am I
watching all the balloons fade into the sky
spike the sun like an olive on the steeple
watching all the happy people
waving in slo-mo
and I wonder how far this can go
watering feelings to grow
and blossom in somebody's eyes
and someday's dreams to realize
the shape I'm in
the strength within
to change it all in the blink of an eye
rearrange all the wondering why
drift on by, boy, you've got it made
in the sad parade

Soft crimson night
nobody speaks, they just sigh
when the moon dies
tonight as the subway cries
crashing into Coltrane noise
pinks and blues, girls and boys
hidden hues, a scattering dream
wakes me to fall into a scream
I need the freedom of evening
I love the kingdom of deep meaning
hidden inside the lies I find down on the street
where the air chokes the curves of girls so sweet
so young, ever so not to be with me
and so the sad parade proceeds

Spanish Harlem rose
I'll chase it wherever it goes
til the dawn
discovers the city moving on
from the dreams it dreamt
the night before
the words we meant
now closing the door
on the deep summer shade
just a block up from that crumbling masquerade
drifting by, boys like I, we've got it made
in the sad parade

"Alone: that ain't the word, it's just a groan in the morning nobody ever heard" --Justin Currie, 'Gold Dust'

SEA

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since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2009-04-22 04:25 PM

"and I wonder how far this can go
watering feelings to grow
and blossom in somebody's eyes
and someday's dreams to realize
the shape I'm in
the strength within
to change it all in the blink of an eye
rearrange all the wondering why"

really liked this

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