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Blue-Eyed Soul

Scattered papers
Of yesterday's tomorows news
Fill the room of early evening despair

A pile of unpaid bills
Drowns the little glimpse of hope of whatever is left
Of a woman's happiness

Where empty bottles of alcohol
Of soft flowing whiskey

Take the place of the sounds of a once smooth tasting voice

 

That use to pen such beautiful moody melodies

Such soulful lustful love songs

Never cheap and never stale

 

Perfection in a bottle

 

Just watch her on the stage

She just has that "I don't give a damn" written all over her face

Written all over like a chorus hooked with tearful goodbyes

 

And of wretched heartbreaks

The insides of a tortured soul

The outsides of a passionate lover

 

Captured in the bedlam of a Blue-Eyed love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....Someone please pass Amy another drink

Author notes

Amy Winehouse is one of my inspirations in this piece...I'm a fan of her music, just not a fan on her current behavior, but hey no one is perfect.

But of course most artists who are consider "blues singers", have some sort of depression or problem because really they wouldn't be a blues artists if they did not have something sad to write about or sing about

Janis Joplin said it best, "People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable".

I guess you can see this poem as a tribute to singers such as Janis and other blues singers.


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  • TabbyJoy
    May 16, 2008

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    A fitting ode to a singer with a beautiful voice and a tormented soul...This was tragic and lovely all at the same time.