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Life is Fragile (a repost including the song)
by Alison McKenzie
Life is fragile
Painted glass
Forgotten gem
On morning grass
And still, the Sun
Smiles on it all
A beacon both
To great or small
Stilled, tiny cries
Of newborn lungs
Drown melodies
The sun has sung
For sorrow hides
In joyful hearts
And even happiness departs
When all the world is fast asleep
To dream
Of weeping willows
Weep
I shall not die in days of light
Nor give my last to shrouded night
But wait,
I shall
For happier days
And bask in gem's forgotten rays
Until our hearts may meet again
This journey'd tune may never end
But travel on and on and on
And on and on
And on and on
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12/27/1986
04/01/2015 Author's Note: I apologize, I know the quality's very amateur, but it's been on my heart for a very very long time to figure out how to share what I had in mind.
Posted on 04/01/2015
Copyright © 2025 Alison McKenzie
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 04/01/15 at 03:35 PM Beautiful poem and quite the moving recording, Ali. I love the combination of lead and backing vocals. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 04/01/15 at 03:38 PM PS: I had to look up the word 'madigral,' and in so doing, see how it aptly applies here, expertly closes off. Acappella at its best. |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 04/02/15 at 01:07 AM It was beautiful. The second stanza was extremely haunting to me, since I met a woman a few years ago who told me her horrid stories about weeping willows I'd never dreamed possible. Wow. Just wow. My POTD. Just perfect. Thank you. |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 04/02/15 at 01:22 AM P.S. Have to agree with Chris about madrigal too. Unfortunately for Shadoe, her song was multiplied more than two or three voices... |
| Posted by Nadia Gilbert Kent on 04/02/15 at 02:06 AM Very pretty! Love your voice. That second verse hits hard in the best way. Almost felt transported into Zeffirelli's interpretation of Romeo & Juliet. |
| Posted by Mo Couts on 04/02/15 at 03:46 PM This has always been one of my favorites. So beautiful <3. |
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