Melancholy Cigarrettes in The Rain

Melancholy Cigarrettes in The Rain

A Poem by Pablo Cole

Melancholy Cigarrettes in The Rain


melancholy cigarettes in the rain 
seems that i'm smoking melancholy cigarettes in the rain 
seems that i'm smoking melancholy cigarettes 
because that's the way i feel 
not a homeless man 
i'm not a homeless man 
that's just the way i feel 
i am 
that's the way i feel 
oh yeah 
oh it rains now 
the little girl next to me asks 
why do living things have to die? 

this unconscious living -- 
we are so lost in fantasy 
it's not so bad to me 
life behind screens of deadly sins 
escapism 
the boy next to me asks 
why do dying things have to bleed? 
i can't answer 
about 
this mess 
about it all 
but i know i've got to see what living is 

and why do i sometimes find myself hating everyone 
in my solitude? 
errant, lost 
it's avarice and it's boredom's cost 
i really don't feel that way 
i really don't feel that way 
it's not me 
i know 
i know myself 
but where do these thoughts eventually go? 
only the heavens show 
what to do 
and i will heal spiritually 
o, but how can i help you? 

i am strong, i will stand 
and i'm going to have a fun time 
i love the freedom of this western land 
i will walk into knowledge that was absent to me 
the stars shall guide me tonight one more time 
to what i was meant to see 

dear heart, speak to me the truth 
and tell me i am okay 
dear lover, tell me what to do 
and please tell me i'm true 

i will forgive all sins 
i will try 
it's true 
but i am so weak alone 
in this rain 
alone 
wet 

it doesn't matter if i feel sadness 
i will go on 
hey, hey, hey, that's life, don't they say? 
hey, hey, hey, i don't really know about much about 
anything today 
what are these secrets of this life all about? 

dance! sing! pray for and love your kin! 
there is a such a special divinity in everything 
in humanity, in the animal's eye 
you can see that sentient love 
bring everything 

hug! kiss! catch a short ray of bliss! 
find the one you can love, and embrace them 
in the shine of the sun 
let the pain of the past be undone 

for you mustn't miss love 
isn't there someone? 
you mustn't miss love 
love it shall grow 
isn't there someone? 
help love grow 
help love grow 
into all aspects of your soul 

walk into nature 
breathe in the open air 
walk into city 
there will be people there 

and 
am 


but 
seems that i'm smoking melancholy cigarettes 
because i've got some real deep blues 
seems that i'm smoking melancholy cigarettes 
can't bear the real deep news 
can't beat the news 

i will be true 

i know 

© 2014 Pablo Cole


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Added on September 29, 2014
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Pablo Cole
Pablo Cole

St. John's, Canada



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poems primarily about solitude, isolation, love/hate, rejection, mental illness, beauty, and life exquisite. more..

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