Saturday, February 12, 2022

Triumph and Tragedy

 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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