WE BEEN WAITING FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

WE BEEN WAITING FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

A Poem by Robert Robbie Lord Dudley

FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL LUXURIANT

RITUAL SOFT AND GENTLE

IN A WORLD SO SHARP

THE WAY IT IS,  IS SO HARD 

TO LOVE IS REST

BUT NOT YET TOO TAME

AND IT'S TIME TO GO BATHING

AGAIN IN THE OCEAN 

I WANT TO GO IN FIRST

I'M A DREAM-HOLDER

A POOR LITTLE POOR BOY

A CLOUD CHASER

WHO WILL EMPLOY

THE EMOTION OF DEVOTION

ENDLESSLY SURELY WE WILL ALL

FALL AND DECAY

OH WILT AWAY

ANOTHER REASON TO FIND

A WAY EACH PASSING DAY

AND WAY BACK WHEN IT SEEMED

LIKE THEN WAS SO MUCH TIME

OH, WOE, OH, WOE  

IT"S ALL OVER WITH 

AND IN WOE I BE

I WANT TO GO IN FIRST

SO TO SEE YOUR FACE IN THERE

AMONGST EVERY STEP

AS-WHILE I BREATHE IN AIR 

TREAD,  SWIM,  FLOAT

WITH OR WITHOUT FINS 

FADING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE 

EACH FOOTSTEP GET A CONCEPT

EACH FOOTSTEP GET A COMPASS

INTO SOMEPLACE

INTO SOMEWHERE

LOVE FINDS WITHIN FOOTPRINTS

SIDE BY SIDE DASHINGLY

INTO THE WATER

I SAW BENEATH

A REAL MADE SEA GLASS GEM 

OF A GAL DOWN THERE 

AT THE BOTTOM

OF THE WATER FOREST GREEN

AGAINST THE WAVES

SHE BEEN WAITING  

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

WE BEEN WAITING 

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS  

AS WE RISE,  AS WE FALL

WHERE BY THE SHOW DON'T END

DESIGN OUR DARKNESS

WHERE BY AFFECTION VERY BLIND

DIVINE OUR SUNRISE

SHATTER EVERYTHING ELSE

SPLATTER THE COLOR 

SURPRISE OUR SKIN 

THE SKY IS CLEAR 

AND THE CLOUDS ARE SOFT 

OH COME ANY CLOUD

LIKE THE MOON AND THE TIDE

IS TO THE OCEAN

ALL IN ONE MOTION

ALL ON ONE WIND

IN A CALM UNKNOWINGLY WAY

LAY THE BOTTLE DOWN

REDEFINED BY THE SAND

THE ROCKS SMASH

GIVING WHAT ONLY WE CAN

A TIGHT GRASP

A LIGHT HOLD

A SWEET BREEZE COMING TO 

AND COMING FROM 

OH THE NOT SO 

DISTANT PAST LOVINGLY NOW

KISSING ME THEN YOU

ACROSS MY BROW SEE, HEAR

THE WAY IT IS,  IS SO HARD

ON HOW I DO LOVE

WHAT IS HAPPENING

CHANGING,  RELEASING

EVER SO FASTER

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT

I DON'T REALIZE IT

I DON'T RECOGNIZE IT

I DON'T LIKE IT

I DON'T MIND IT AT ALL

THOUGH I SHALL

REAPPEAR AGAIN FEELING

STRONGER AND BETTER 

THE HARMONIUS

THE CENTER,  THE WIND 

AND WAVES REFORMS 

MY MIND FOUND 

BEFORE AND AFTER 

FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL LUXURIANT

RITUAL SOFT AND GENTLE

IN A WORLD SO SHARP

THE WAY IT IS,  IS SO HARD

TO LOVE IS TO REST

BUT NOT YET WHILE WE LIVE

OR WILL FEELING IN TRUES FORM

TURN ME TO A BLUE

THE SADDEST,  THE DEEPEST

ANYONE EVER KNEW

AND I SEE NO END TO IT NOW

AND I SEE YOU

LOOKING AT ME

WHICH I KNOW

MEANS LET'S GO FASTER 

IT'S SUMMERTIME

AND THAT THIS REMAINS

TO REMIND US 

IT'S STILL COLD

OH, WELL !

 

 

© 2013 Robert Robbie Lord Dudley


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