All Over Again

Trends come and then they go

With changing tides of blue…

But just like changing currents,

They come right back to haunt you.

 

Mom wore denim bell bottoms

Back in ’76,

And dad had on those skinny jeans

And heavy chains to do the trick.

 

So here they are again

Those same old friendly faces

All spectral and translucent,

And my heart rate all but races.

 

Still those same old voices

All ripe with melodious scam.

Full of rhymes and promises

They can’t keep worth a damn.

 

Just get a grin and bear it,

Same old song and dance my friend.

A year or so and they’ll be gone,

It’s déjà vu all over again.

Author's Note

Comments? Suggestions?

Reviews

[Sophy Freebirds]

Lol.. yea babes. I had gone shopping today to get something new cause all i had bought last four months back had become out of fashion.. :) quite nice observation. And ofcourse a fun to read.you are write n***a they all will be gone again..!! Change is the only static thing.

~Sophy

[Ashira Macy]

Don't you hate that? You get all this nice stuff and it is only good for a bit. Nicely said my friend, so glad you enjoyed it!

[Pushkar Prabhat]

it's cent percent true.
fashion and everything is just a recycling industry!
nothing is new........ever.......just different from present.
i loved it!
:)

[Ashira Macy]

Thank you Pushkar, so glad you connected with it!

[Pushkar Prabhat]

you are welcome!

[Akshay]

I really like this one, I like the fact that you've expressed how everything that excites us today will bore us tomorrow. I also like to think that the things people despise today, our children will grow up to love them. Love and hate keep switching. A great write, enjoyed a lot.

[Ashira Macy]

Thank you so much Akshay, I am so glad you enjoyed it. =) And I think you are right, what is lame now will be the newly refurbished cool in a few years.

[Chris]

Shapes return, materials too on occasion - just like some mindsets never leave, just the covers rotate.

[Ashira Macy]

Thank you for your words Chris, so true.

[little thoughts]

hmm nice thinking ashira its quite true

[Ashira Macy]

Thanks so much lioness!

[Blogger]

I love it. Well said with much wisdom and some humor too.

I remember bell bottoms! That was not a good time for fashion. :0)

[Ashira Macy]

Thank you my friend! Gotta be humorous every once and a while.

[Blogger]

Very true. I try for that too. It always helps when done effectively.

[Marie]

Things do come back in style,don't they. I wore bell-bottomed Pants. In fact, I used to make them for myself.
I do hope that the "sack" dress (a horror) stays buried forever.

[Ashira Macy]

I am not sure what a sack dress is (unless you are referring to dresses that make people look like potato sacks in which yes, there are still some of those floating around) but I certainly wish I could make my own clothes.

[Marie]

The sack dress is just what it sounds like. I believe this style was popular in the 1920's, when enjoyed a brief popularity in the 1950's. It makes women look shapeless. I never wore one.

[John Preston]

Well all I can say I'm with your dad
but I had bell bottoms to fly a flag
Hey, those days were great
A new sound, a new beginning
And don't forget, the summers of love.

nice write.

[Ashira Macy]

Haha, thank you John!

[Christopher Robin]

Nice piece, more lyrics than poetry, almost Offspring like. (One of my favorite bands). It's so close to a perfect (I call phonetic perfect) rhyme that you could tweak it into perfection. 'Translucent' and 'Resentment' stick out, jarring the piece from brilliance. Not close to a phonetic rhyme, maybe....confusion? or confusions and change the other to translucence? Or delusion/s ? I don't know, I'm obsessed with rhyme and I want it to be as perfect as possible it deserves the justice!

Nicely penned!

-Robin

[Ashira Macy]

Thanks Christopher. I saw what you meant and you were right, it did throw it a bit. I tweaked it and I think it sounds better now. Glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate the suggestions. =)

[Christopher Robin]

Yes, flows like good wine on a good night in good company, excellently done :)

-Robin