I'm still here.
I'm still trying.
I'm still failing to meet expectations.
I'm still exceeding those of some.
I'm still letting someone down.
I'm still making someone proud.
I'm still finding my way -
Perhaps I always will be.
I'm still needing to breathe
To hang on to me.
I'm still being still from time to time
While everything keeps moving at the speed of light.
But even in still water there are bubbles.
The rebels never let the stillness win.
Cause being still may sound like resting,
But it will set you up to still be lagging.
We're all still hanging in here
Despite whatever odds that there might be.
We're all still sick of being human
While fighting for our lives to be more free.
This world is full of majesty
But we'll still focus on the trash.
We're still claiming that we're changing for the better,
But we still give in to the ease.
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Calista Marchand-Nazzaro
Always learning and always evolving. I’m a creative, an idea person, a thinker, a dreamer, and working on being a doer. Many interests. Varied content. Food. Sustainability. Comedy. Poetry. Music.
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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)
Wow. This is so beautifully written. The lines are so simply written yet so profound. loved this line: I'm still letting someone down. I'm still making someone proud.
This was so true and extremely profound. Loved your poem!