Blue whinning guitars
Greet shimmering stars-
It's mercy the night brings
To forget the day, in the evening blues I sing-
Arise distant and dark moon
Open despairs tomb-
Melancholy, like water passes through me
I am the rough and windy sea-
The night's a gutter
Gathering and consuming each days clutter-
It's there alone in the dark
Things so easily come apart-
Drenched in the blues
While trying to muse-
Two lives I live
The night takes, what the life of day gives-
It's humanities eternal war...
Ravaged to the core-
Evil vs. good... and if you ever face it,
You'll be so misunderstood-
Everything is fine
If you're good... and blind-
But, if you want to know what's real and true
It's gonna cost you-
Maybe I can fake it in the light of day
Put on a mask... pretend it's all o.k.-
But the dark of night
Brings out the true blight-
Melancholy comes calling
When the lights start falling-
It's just the way it's going to be
These old night time blues and me-
So, I'll just let it go
Take a little mercy where I can,
Whatever grace it takes
To pass on through, this darkened land.
Smoky you have grown so much in your poetic spirit. I think you are the premier poet on this site, your work continues to amaze me. Wonderful stuff. Easily a ten.
There's some unforgettable lines in here, such as 'Arise distant and dark moon Open despairs tomb-'- totally awesome, and the last lines sort of gave me a chill- like someone walking on graves in the future- our future, if you know what I mean. I can hear someone singing this one, almost. ;)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
An original slant on the blues going thru the night and 'Take a little mercy where I can' Some very relativeness here as we all have the blues sometime +++10 regards