Sinèad

We only see them for awhile, before the darkness!

I only knew one song,
definitely didn't like her style, but
an appreciation, a respect
for her past, her life
the difficulties, hardships,
a troubled soul.

Aretha,
her sound unique.
Not realising her roots
spreading far,
an influence to many

So many,
our beautiful Tina,
our beautiful Olivia,
our beautiful Whitney,
our beautiful Judith
I never knew.
Randy Meisner,
Tony Bennett.
Heard this morning
Jimmy Buffet's gone.
I loved his music,
dreamingly
his lifestyle.
But that's all I knew,
all I saw or heard.

In recent days
Gary Wright,
penning the beautiful
Dream Weaver.
We grew up
knowing them,
knowing their music, but
that's all we knew,
all we saw.

We hold onto what we know,
holding them as icons
in our days.
They can do no wrong, but
underneath is chaos, calamity
we don't know, don't see.

their ĺife;
only what we read,
only what we see
We see the stars not the darkness,
too late to know.

r.m.

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Thanks Richard
Loved this one

[Ken e Bujold]

very well-written introspection of life here richard. use of celebrities to counterpoint our own failures to look inside our lives is both testament to times we live in and the wisdom of a poet seeing his world

quite enjoyed the visit

ken

[Richard M]

Thank you Ken for reading and for your comments.
Take care my friend.
Richard

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Richard.
"their ĺife;
only what we read,
only what we see
We see the stars not the darkness,
too late to know."
Many talented people. Struggled. Powerful and worthwhile thoughts shared my friend.
Coyote

[Richard M]

Thank you Coyote for reading. Glad you liked it. In view of recent happenings, I had to do something.
Take care my friend
Richard