RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS
Triumph & Tragedy
When one triumphs we all triumph
When one falls we all fall
When Jimi Hendrix touched the sky
with his soaring guitar riffs
When Billie Holliday made us cry
as heart and soul ran adrift
When Kerouac channeled On the Road
When Steinbeck gave us old Tom Joad
What Twyla Tharp did for dance
as Pablo Neruda for romance
When a gifted athlete reaches out
and claims a victory over doubt
we feel his awesome pride
we are all on the same side
Though they speak for one they gift us all
When they reach the top we stand tall
Those who do not understand this truth
will always be alone
In crowds or on their own
Profoundly and perpetually
Alone
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