RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS
Before the Flood
Remember Notre Dame before the fire
Remember New Orleans before the flood
Remember how things used to be
Before a series of calamities
Took away our muse
Swept away our sense of glory
Stole the very heart of magic
Absconded with our soul
We know nothing stays the same
Even memories must change
Yet we remember with our hearts
We see through our emotions
We remember how we felt when
We first set eyes upon the Mona Lisa
We remember our exhilaration upon seeing
The Grand Canyon or Stone Henge
We remember the strange sensation that
Ran through our spines when we observed
The burial site of Geronimo
Or the ghost dancers of Wounded Knee
We remember the awe that knock on our
Doors when we entered the chamber
Where Mozart once played
We will never forget how it was
Before the flood
Even if it wasn’t
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