Busy
Gilded cages built by hand, contained within the pages inked by empathy's demand
Available
"Hey!"
"Hey. I'm busy. Is this important?"
"No, no. It can wait. Guess we'll talk later. I love-"
"*click*"
Already absent
Phone never even answered.
Another precious moment squandered
Another reminder that I'm substandard
Unruly undisciplined unmannered
And as always, I'm feeling angered
It is my most shameful vice
Rage boils out of the newest slice
The freshest scar
The old, familiar void
Rebellious tears
In hidden waterfalls
Summoned by sorrow
Driven by fury
Restrained by compassion
A war within myself
Rage and hate and hurt
'gainst loving memories
Gentle and soft and warm
-0-
Empathy stands betwixt myself and righteous rage
Empathy traps and locks my fury in a soft and gentle cage
Empathy knows the locks that hide away
Empathy tells me what you don't say
Empathy binds me to my knowledge
Empathy demands its homage
Of forgiveness layered thick
Of a bridge built by me
To you across a stormy sea
One built alone brick by brick.
-0-
Standing here
Torn between here and there
Stagnant in the flowing air
Waiting for the long and terrible second
Hiding between enunciations
Waiting for another observation
Questioning if this is the grand iteration
Waiting for your gentle reverberations
Hoping today to hear a responding exclamation
"-you..."
Busy
About the Creator
Alexander McEvoy
Writing has been a hobby of mine for years, so I'm just thrilled to be here! As for me, I love writing, dogs, and travel (only 1 continent left! Australia-.-)
"The man of many series" - Donna Fox
I hope you enjoy my madness
AI is not real art!
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'20/20'
"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 Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (2)
Unintended rejection is still painful and it can be hard to know if it is truely unintended.
Being cut off like that, it's just so heartbreaking 🥺 Hope you're okay. Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️