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Why is that looking into the- Wide and open city so upsetting? I saw the bird, She was looking amongst the buildings, A space that was hers Or maybe the space- Her ancestors have told her, The folklores and many songs- Written on the very space. She crossed mountains, Seas and barren lands To see the city lights and The many dreams she had. She is not homesick, She doesn’t even have a memory Of her home-land It is a long lost dream Which cannot be recollected. She’s homeless. Was she looking for a mirage In between the tall buildings - ‘They’ said where dreams prosper? It’s a furnace, The colours of fire she could see, The shadow painted colours- Orange, red and grey and Still it required meaning? I’m looking for it too! I am scared of forgetting, Old age and Alzheimers I’m a dreamer, a homeless hippie But there is a root, a deep root A scent, a strong scent and A soul that is sometimes homesick. I’m a coward, a bold faced, masked dancer But there is no rhythm, no audience It’s just silence, dull grey stillness! These buildings scare me, where is it? Where is my chariot? I cannot follow the crowd They have a home, a meaningful home They like the cement, the black air And bundles of printed paper. They stamped me mad. Am i? Maybe I am. Hey bird, I’m not responsible- For your destiny, look, look Look at my hands, there is no blood Look, look carefully, there is no stain But I belong to the race, I belong to The same age, the same world That changed your fate! I've no redemption from my sins! I've no redemption from my sins!
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Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 at 11:42 AM UTC
Confessions of a Coward
Why is that looking into the- Wide and open city so upsetting? I saw the bird, She was looking amongst the buildings, A space that was hers Or maybe the space- Her ancestors have told her, The folklores and many songs- Written on the very space. She crossed mountains, Seas and barren lands To see the city lights and The many dreams she had. She is not homesick, She doesn’t even have a memory Of her home-land It is a long lost dream Which cannot be recollected. She’s homeless. Was she looking for a mirage In between the tall buildings - ‘They’ said where dreams prosper? It’s a furnace, The colours of fire she could see, The shadow painted colours- Orange, red and grey and Still it required meaning? I’m looking for it too! I am scared of forgetting, Old age and Alzheimers I’m a dreamer, a homeless hippie But there is a root, a deep root A scent, a strong scent and A soul that is sometimes homesick. I’m a coward, a bold faced, masked dancer But there is no rhythm, no audience It’s just silence, dull grey stillness! These buildings scare me, where is it? Where is my chariot? I cannot follow the crowd They have a home, a meaningful home They like the cement, the black air And bundles of printed paper. They stamped me mad. Am i? Maybe I am. Hey bird, I’m not responsible- For your destiny, look, look Look at my hands, there is no blood Look, look carefully, there is no stain But I belong to the race, I belong to The same age, the same world That changed your fate! I've no redemption from my sins! I've no redemption from my sins!
Gaye
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Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 at 11:42 AM UTC
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