Purple Vision

Purple Vision

 

 

 

his fingers twist and turn 

around the respondent strings

of a white guitar,

the pure color of doves

 

notes cry,

lips tremble with song

eyes flashback

a dad's dark writing

the keys he smacked

the cheeks blue and black

 

his pops would die for her

he would die for you

 

then those tracks became the reality

that shot through the veins of his life

 

as his eyes slowly closed

with one last 

painful blink.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

4/23/16

Reviews

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

IT always baffles me that so much talent shines through so much pain. THEN, seems to be damned by it in the end!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ain't that the truth! artistic genius and then some kind of madness or mayhem...

thank you, Queenie.
j.

[Jeff]

Great work. I've been a huge fan of Prince for years now. I'm actually listening to Parade at the moment. Did you catch D'Angelo's tribute to him last night on The Tonight Show?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

didn't catch that, Jeff, but thank you for your words,

j.

[Lyn Anderson]

This is a beautiful piece. Subtle in your own special style.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, my friend...

j.

[Lorraine Montez]

My daughter is grown, but I dragged her to a late-night, Sunday evening showing of "Purple Rain", just so she would know WHO he was. She couldn't take her eyes off him, and understands now why everyone is aching. I can see that guitar so vividly in your piece. Notes did cry, like everyone now who loved him. Thanks for writing that. ;}

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for sharing that experience with your daughter, and your kind words...

j.

[Lorraine Montez]

My pleasure, and thanks for your response. -Rain

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC7WRyQSn83Zp1jYAvDnsmNA

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

I am letting this loss sink in right now. This one has truly depressed me. As much as I want to write about it, I have not yet fully absorbed his passing. I read your poem the day it was posted, and just couldn't even respond. I have carried your words in my heart, letting them settle within my sea of emotions. It is such a heart-rending loss.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for sharing your feelings on Prince and the poem...it is a tragic loss...
I appreciate your visit....

j.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

So sad ... just read that he was diagnosed with AIDS six months ago

[h d e rushin]

beautiful tribute Jacob...I remember that movie, vaguely, but the moments of it became crystal when I got the news of his passing. He was a giant among the artistic Lilliputians of this time, mastering instrument and voice without the dribble of drum-machine and the overdub of background singers.
Just Prince and a guitar. Or Prince and a keyboard. The song to him was what was most important and
the affects of the song to change and influence opinions whether public or private; historical or futuristic.

I wrote two poems about it.....One a half hearted tribute. The other a maudlin, oversimplified
rant of a middle aged person crying for the soul of another middle aged person. I'm just glad
you are among us my friend.....to make sense of it all....


dana

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, dana....he is definitely one of my favorites...i own Purple Rain and watched again the other day---yes, he was about the songs...the feeling of them...

his beat was unique...

j.

[914]

nice touch to a good soul that left us well done.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, 914---
j.

[Alisa Js]

What a beautiful tribute to such a beautiful soul.

His time with us was extraordinary, indeed and he will be missed. What an incredible musical and poetic genius he was....

Alisa😰

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Alisa...yes, a genius...he was.

j.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Jacob, a soft beautiful tribute for
Prince whose music was poetry.
His spirit will live forever. truly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Pat.
j.