Torn
I should go, I shouldn’t...I must
Searching flights for hours,
Getting cold seeing the prices.
Was it three times less I wonder?
Packing my bags,
The departure is now.
Bracing myself for lines to customs,
For check ins and luggage haul.
For the right gates and the exits,
Takeoffs, turbulence, landings.
Swelling of feet and numbness,
For close in with the strangers.
Tasteless bland food out of timing,
Shallow drift offs, the stopovers.
Too tired but must keep walking.
Wait turns the time to a crawler.
First flight is not that bad, under two hours.
Second's the worse, maddening nine.
Last is four, last stretch, almost crying.
Cannot argue, the choice was mine.
Seeing my mom anxiously waiting
As she searches the faces, tears running.
Holding me tight to her fragile frame
Whispering: Alas, my baby girl came.
Driving to family home I grew in
Filled with mom’s cooking aroma.
Soft talks, hugs, kisses, tears
Make the long travel worth all over.
Familiar bed welcomes,
And I am slowly going under,
Hearing radio low murmuring,
Hushed voice into the phone: She is here.
Calm, resting, at peace.
Not a thought that would make me worried.
My journey at last is at end.
I made it. I came home.
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Natalia Grin
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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
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Natalia ~ Home Sweet Home ~ - Would love to read more from you - Jay Kantor, Vocal Village Community
I did one of those recently. You perfectly captured the emotions, especially the feet and tears. Returning home after a long while. It felt really great, if a little strange. Much had changed. Absolutely loved this poem.
Sweet poem. Enduring journey! Priceless! 🥰
It doesn’t matter what you go through to see a loved one, once you see them, all the stress and whatever pains you went through to get there flashes away in a blink of an eye… Relate-able write up👍