On Gaza's streets, I wander lost
Amidst the rubble and the dust,
A child adrift in a sea of sorrow,
Seeking solace in the midst of chaos,
Yearning for a glimpse of hope.
Lost in the labyrinth of despair,
Every turn leading to uncertainty,
Every path fraught with danger,
Leaving me feeling smaller than I am.
All alone and surrounded by the echoes,
Of a place, my home, torn apart,
Where the cries of the wounded,
Blends with the wails of mourning,
A symphony of suffering that never ends.
An endless cycle of Die. Repeat. Die
Violence and destruction everywhere
Innocence is the ultimate casualty,
Childhood, like mine, is a luxury,
In this shattered city.
A place of contradictions,
Where beauty and tragedy collide, daily
Amidst the chaos and despair,
Resilience that refuses to be broken,
A flicker of light in the darkness,
Me!
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Leo Dis Vinci
UK-based creative, filmmaker, artist and writer. 80s' Geek, Star Wars fan and cinephile.
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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 Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
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It's heartbreaking to know that all this sadness is there in the world. Thank you for writing this poem.