Broken I sat inside the darkness of my soul
Desperate for a feeling that left me as coal
Leftover embers burned in my heart
Waiting for a reason to die or to restart
Then along came my love, my passion and my friend
I couldn’t see you coming but God saw you around the bend
You saved me from a chasm so deep, one which I created
Dragged me up from a well of despair in which I hated
What a strong and beautiful woman I saw inside of you
That was just the beginning of the spiritual cue
For God had a goal that I couldn’t see
Great plans for you and great plans for me
A deep peace, the mirror of heaven is shown in your eyes
If you look hard enough your visions will pierce the skies
For we still have much life left to live, quite young we are
That will not stop us from achieving greatness, near and far
About the Creator
J. K. Anderson
A poet, author and journalist tied to the belief that Christ is YHWH. Open minded and eager to show my wild imagination to all people. I'm not a happy writer but I'm happy to write. All for fun.
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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.
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This was so empowering and beautifully written. Loved your poem!