GOODBYE JOE
You came in a dream
Unraveled as in a fable
Silk, created from a sows ear
True beauty in the beast
In the eye of the beholder
The stuff legends are made of

For dreamers weave fables
Breathe life into legends
Pay the price for the blessing
For legends can’t die

Out on a hill where ghostly
Crowds linger still, laid to waste
In memory of past glory
Forgotton by fickle masses
Trapped in a world of lost embraces
Left to wander, down unknown streets
Where tomorrows legends are found

For dreamers weave fables
Breathe life in to legends
Pay the price for the blessing
For legends can’t die

Row upon row of poppies
Blowing in the wind of adulation
Don’t be fooled by their beauty
Lurking within they are waiting
Fanned by cool breezes, lay hidden diseases
Their heads bent and broken, sweet nectar run dry
Seeds of a new legend reach for the sky

For dreamers weave fables
Breathe life into legends
Pay the price for the blessing
For legends can’t die

You came in a dream
Plucked up in eagles talon, screeching
Turned to bloodcurdling nightmare
Suffocating in a sea of greenbacks
Lay waste in the wake of glorious talent
For the prison of a cold cement palace
Wave the legend goodbye By Joy Faulkner
This poem is dedicated to my favourite rocker. Joe Cocker. Rock on!!!