. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Lyrics of Life

Monday, May 15, 2023

Lyrics of Life

 (A lone voice whispers.)


Press play before you read. Salute.

Hosanna 

Hosanna


Composed 

Cn every falling raindrop 


Embraced 

By all the world's many

Illuminated natives


From nearly every rooftop 


Is freedom


Hosanna

Hosanna


A song 

Sung in every wet embrace 


From every treetop 


The greatest symphony of all life


No matter how much this life hurts 


When it sometimes

 Cuts so deep 


With its emotional knife


Hosanna

Hosanna


Run wild my child 


They each sing in every teardrop 


Before your time comes 


Hosanna

Hosanna


Try to say 


I truly lived before I died 

And all my love


 I willingly left behind


I gave 

And helped so many others 

To survive 


Like it was my only state of mind 


Hosanna

Hosanna


To all

I could find


Before my flickering candle 


Blew out 

And from this beautiful life


I resigned 


From mankind


Hosanna

Hosanna


I truly lived before I died 

And all my love


 I left behind


I gave 

And helped so many others 


To survive 


Like it was my only state of mind 


Hosanna

Hosanna


To all

I could find


Before my flickering candle 


Blew out 

And from this beautiful life


I resigned 


Hosanna

Hosanna


(C)

Copyright John Duffy 


 

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