Brian Jones: The One Remains

Written in flames upon flowing wine

There layeth a name writ in travesty

In a drama of such telling significance

Consumed by life’s sweet consequence

And Times eternally chiming paradox

Of perishing so young and so beautifully

Leaving nothing beyond each memory

Shrouded in the dust of fading history

Before emerging into present memory

Caparisoned in the flowing vestments

That truth preserves for future posterity

As each season passes with the leaves

Rock and stone mythology turn to dust

Conscience reveals that the one remains

Playing in the band which never fades

While others fade away into obscurity

It re-emerges to confront the future

Satisfaction doesn’t flourish on trees

And dying is the short fall to get free

From the repertoire of life’s destruction

Deals are struck stone down dead

Bread is money and time is history

Each flows and ebbs so differently

Six strings recording every mystery

Reincarnation’s a repetitive business

Transcribing every soul’s ascension

Through the darkness to eternal Deity

Where death becomes an act of beauty

Like scripture writing its own tragedy

Performed in the theatre of obscurity

Though some are born to die forever

Fame’s the endgame for all eternity

For all those sacrificed so beautifully

Bringing the gift of fire to humanity

As did the poets from another century

And other souls of a shared nativity

Born to struggle for the breath of liberty

Dragged from the cradle of obscurity

And propelled screaming into notoriety

By chance or effortless contrivance

Worlds gasped as they made an entrance

Caparisoned like hells electric princes

Promising everything except salvation

True nobility always honours promises

And this royal court was no exception

Street dancing was the new revolution

The architecture of all future premises

Constructed by the stones of rejection

Adorning the skyline of creation

Now dominates the line of convention

As worlds changed beyond imagination

In the caravanserai of destructiveness

Ringing around the three ring circus

Some souls surrender to the quietus

Falling down in the rising golden dust

As the troupe moves on so inevitably

Grateful to have known the presence

Of the prince of beautiful musicality

That raised an age into a renaissance
Changing time so sweetly magically

Some just wanted to play the blues.

Reviews

[Mifa]

Once again, length. I would suggest the first stanza ending at the line

"Of perishing so young and so beautifully".

Then the next should end at

"That truth preserves for future posterity".

The next:

"It re-emerges to confront the future"

The next:

"Through the darkness to eternal Deity".

The next:

"By chance or effortless contrivance".

The next:

"As worlds changed beyond imagination."

I also noticed the word "Caprisoned" twice. I would suggest finding another synonymous word to replace it the second time.

Again, a very good poem. Keep writing.

[Duncan Brown]

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[Paul Bell]

Always overshadowed by jagger and richards, which was a bit unfair on jones, especially as his musical ability
was outstanding. I suppose the same goes for most bands with great lead singers. Now the question is. Did he drown or was he murdered.?

[Duncan Brown]

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