Tracy Chapman, and a few words

Listen to the song,

 which you can find yourself.

Playing with the words,

 rhythm backing.

"Give me one reason to stay here."

not here,

 but here.

Maybe I might stay.

Reviews

[Lorry]

And just as you said, i did listen, and you are right. You both manage to fit so much meaning in so few words, but now i am left with the headache of wondering if it is the complex coming from simplicity, or vice versa. I am going to be puzzling over that all day now, and i already have a sneaking suspicion that chicken and egg will be my conclusion 😀

[Jon Roggie]

Sometimes someone reviews your work, and you go "That is brilliant." It takes you a half hour to halfway understand what they got from your poem, and you can see it. You wish you had meant it.
This is the bonus of being vague combined with a touch of brevity.

[Lorry]

I prefer to think of those times as being subconsciously knowing, rather than lucky guesses 😀

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, there are two "here's"
there are reasons and then reasons...
staying if the right song is sung...if the meaning is deep and true.
i like this poem so much,
j.

[Jon Roggie]

I get carried away when I listen to music.
It makes it easy to write something like this
read moreI get carried away when I listen to music.
It makes it easy to write something like this
Jon.