Don't let me drown myself in your sight,
hoarding mini valuables from your childhood times,
Don't let me crown my head in your light,
**
Living in a small town, a country delight,
holding onto memories that once chimed,
Don't let me drown myself in your sight,
**
My age, an old gown's insight,
building a barricade, brewing my pride to not rhyme,
Don't let me crown my head in your light,
**
Rather, choosing to lose my fight,
to stay by your side until my lifetime,
Don't let me drown myself in your sight,
**
Yet, I learn to live by myself in the quiet,
a purposeful distance for a good mealtime,
Don't let me drown myself in your sight,
**
The wait seems to die down with every night,
letting go of keepsakes seems to fall in love with my bedtime,
Don't let me drown myself in your sight
Don't let me crown my head in your light
About the Creator
Parvathi J
Through my pages, I find the quiet complexities of pain dwelling in a solitary space, burdening life’s endless demands, and unburdening the voiceless noise.
Witnessing the questioning, I speak the deeper silence of my voice.
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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 Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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This was so poignant and beautifully written. Loved your poem!