Downstairs

about where I reside

Wanna live up in the light

where everyone's right

when you get up in the night

you don't have to climb a flight

Downstairs blues

dungeon dues

take off your shoes

at the top of the stairs

Basement dweller

basement dweller

hard to tell your feller

that your a basement dweller

Reviews

[alifeacoustic]

Yes. I feel like this every time I open the curtains and see daylight blind me. I hurriedly close the curtains, rearrange plans and go back to bed, where the scary brightness cant get me. I lie there happy in the knowledge that I dont have to deal with the reality of life, and the weirdness it involves.
But thats just me.
Hope the light aint too bright when you climb the stairs. :)

[jesserose99]

boy, to right on the weirdness of life. thanks for that, the light is never TOO bright. :)

[alifeacoustic]

Glad to hear it :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Very nice flow of words. I like the description leading to the very good ending. Thank you Jesse for sharing your excellent poetry.
Coyote

[jesserose99]

Thank you Coyote!

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[Ranbir Singh]

Its a nice poem, Jesse.
There is always a literal meaning of every poem. But then every poem has a deep meaning. I think that it is the reader who constructs that deeper meaning according to his own understanding.
Well, for me this poem seems to be pointing to our inner soul that we should awaken but are hardly trying to do it.
A soul that is lying in the dungeon of the sins that should come in the light of the Lord.

[jesserose99]

Thank you Ranbir for reading so deeply, there is truth in your words.:)

[B. Boileau]

Lydi's right you could hear Etta James, or Billie Holiday in this expressive verse.
Always a pleasure to read your stuff.
bill

[jesserose99]

Thanks Bill, your comments are always a pleasure

[andrew mitchell]

Sounds like a daily routine! A lovely write Jesse and Merry Xmas Jesse to you and yours.

[jesserose99]

Thank you Andrew..merry late xmas to you!

[Lydia Shutter]

A bluesy funky feel to this....would be great lyrics. lydi**

[jesserose99]

Thank you Lydi, i actually did this as a song!