I feel Am scarring Am burning My emotions churning Swarming in homeless eddies.
Dust of winter chill collects on my bones. I sit here cross armed. My pink woolen stole snugly wrapped around my neck..(I could choke myself with it too..) I should feel utter bliss sipping from a cup of hot cocoa. Still all I feel am just graying numbing graying numbing...
oh, that feeling's comin' round again, gray and numbing, breaking through in homeless eddies, breaking through, while watching the cold winter dawn, grey and numbing...it's a good thing this time there's hot cocoa in the homeless eddies...this feeling come round again will pass again...here comes the sun
The shape of the poem reflects the rambling of negative thoughts that arise in a lost soul... 'homeless eddies' ... a powerful image of uncertainty and despair... 'graying, numbing'... so very sad...
oh, that feeling's comin' round again, gray and numbing, breaking through in homeless eddies, breaking through, while watching the cold winter dawn, grey and numbing...it's a good thing this time there's hot cocoa in the homeless eddies...this feeling come round again will pass again...here comes the sun
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
from the LP "Clouds", 1969
Bows and flows of angel hair
and ice cream castles in the air
and feather canyons everywhere,
I've looked at cloud that way
but now t.. more..