the heart songs

inspired by John Gabriel's The Pain of Poets, which reminded me of Weezer's Heart Songs

I remember the first time
I picked up a pen
and it was more than the
alphabet I strung together.

the lemon juice of emotion
uncovered the words on the page
filled with tears, angst and rage,
they saved me from my cage

as I stood at the front of the stage
tall and true,
and I told them about the
death of you.

they listened, they clapped,
and it changed my world --
the beginning of a journey
that doesn't end ...

from pen to pencil to typewriter,
to computer and pen again,
the heart songs of a
forever friend.

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and this reminds me of my friend Tammy----and could be a perfect tribute to her...
thanks for this write....

[Lyn Anderson]

I am honoured. Thanks. I only have one regret, really, that I don't have those first few writes -- the ones back when I was 6 and up -- I only started keeping them when I was 12. And then, only the ones that didn't end up in the wastebasket.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Just watched a lovely sad movie called 'Oranges and Sunshine' about an English social worker who in 1986 uncovered the deportation of 130,000 british children to Australia, many of whom ended up abused.

[Lyn Anderson]

Now that's not something you want to think about. Maybe we should put on some Monty Python? Please tell me you like that? "What is the velocity of a sparrow at sea level?":):)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Love and hate Monty Python and don't know the answer? A dead Parrot?

[Lyn Anderson]

That's my favourite scene from the Holy Grail, at the bridge -- that and "It's just a flesh wound"

[John Alexander McFadyen]

So humbled to have inspired such emotional and lovely verse. Brought tears to me.

[Lyn Anderson]

Well, I didn't want to make you teary, but yes, you inspire me.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I don't feel worthy 'M'

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

A true poet wears there heart on their sleeve, that is how people relate to you, cause you are real and they get what you feel because they feel that way too.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much my friend. You, being a music dude, do you like this song? I think it's brilliant.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

It is okay for being Weezer, not really a fan of theirs. I like the lyrics.