My love has drifted far from me
Far from this safe port she flounders
Drowning in a wave tossed stormy sea
Afloat in an ocean of doubt
Adrift on a shoddy raft
Bailing insecurities with every shout
Behind her I swim with a life preserver
She adamantly refuses to don
Because she doesn’t believe I deserve her
Too much gossip, so many lies
Infecting her perceptions with evil
Spread from mouths of jealous guys
Yes, I have a past
As all of us do
But this relationship was made to last
How do I pull her back to shore?
Hold her head above the frothing waters?
Convince her I only want her evermore?
I’ll shuck this armor of confidence I’m wearing
Dive beneath the surface to reach her
Drown myself in her to prove I’m truly caring
Bare my soul
Show every scar
Pray she’ll make me whole
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Andrew C McDonald
Andrew McDonald was a 911 dispatcher for 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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The yearning and heartache is sooo palpable. How have you been doing, King Andrew?
🍀🍀🍀Nice it reminds me of mine from yesterday https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/i-sold-my-soul-to-the-sea%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Wow, sir. This is a phenomenal piece of writing. Really love the strength of the metaphor running through it because when relationships hit troubled waters, it can feel like being cast into the wilds of the sea. I found it sad but beautiful, as poetry so often can be. Well done.