i had a notion that it didnt feel right

Seismic fallings trapped me in the circle

                & I had a notion that it didn’t feel right

All the signs were in the skies, turbulent scenes

                Played out in a battle of cosmic proportions

                & I wondered if I would make it another day

Spasmodic colors began to circulate

                & I had a notion that it didn’t feel right

Intruding ecstasy pooled in the blood

                Hailing droplets from the frozen clouds

                & tomorrow they will tell their story ‘bout today

Frenzied writers took to the papers

                Ink spilled into a kaleidoscope of chaos

                The headlines were written in ancient scripts

& the junkies stared up at the skies

                & the winos toasted the air

                & the speeders stalled in mid-step

                & the beggars shed their clothes

                 & the cabbies tossed out their fares

In the distance the great beyond laid in relief

                Staring back casting its shadows

                Boy the sun it moans with sacred secrets

                It has nothing more to say

And the sun it fades

                & the night it did fall

                Blanketing all the foolish dreams

                Folding the truth into compromise

Waking the dreamers with a crash in their

                Head

                & falling stars they did fall

                Burning the beds in a blaze of light

And the smoke curled up above ooh soo high

                Mixing with the clouds

                & then they cry

                Below everybody watches

                Below everybody cries

The stars are now tired of waiting

                & the signal is now

                The button is raised

                & depressed

Twenty minutes ago      

                God come now

                God say good night

                God tell them to

Travel well

                As foretold hell

                Descends

                Ascends

                With its angels wings burning

Plummeting to the earth

                To be swallowed whole

And the seismic fallings

                And the spasmodic colors blend

                And the chaos folds

                Into the ecstasy

                Boiling up the blood

It runs around the corners

                Chasing the cold

                Heading for the desert

                To dry before the seas

Can claim

                The sound

                Of the blood letting going down

                Of the water coming around

                Of the monsoons to come

No warning to the captains

                But they did see the signs

                Living on the front lines

                Headed for the edge of the earth

& this is where it all goes down

                Goes down the drain

                Ooh mother memory

                Come with your cleansing rains

Let it all fall down

                We aren’t scared of the sound

                We are tired of the load

                And backs are bent and broken

Take our offering the last token

                Of redemption

                                Into the spiral

           We will ride

                Accepting destiny

                                Letting go of pride

           We will ride

                           We will ride

                The last wave of fury

                                Come lets hurry

           Cause I had a notion that it didn’t feel right

                           It didn’t feel right

      Caving into the light….

 

 

 

 

               

Reviews

[faryn wolff]

I am in awe. You've captured such raw emotions and concepts. The poetry is wonderfully prosey and flows like Kerouac's stream-of-consciousness style. Very Beat Generation...fascinating write, good sir.

[Audrie]

Holy s**t! this piece is exceptionally amazing! It gracefully encompasses so many faucets of life in the raw. it is sad, witty, touching, educational and soooooo much more. I am super impressed!

[Cheryl J. Turner]

Beautifully written, very precise and clear.

[Lola Nation]

you words speak clearly into the night -