Blackbird Poetry

I'll wait for you --- -When my heart is breaking -When Love's worth the taking -When my mind is aching I'll wait for you -When all the world is closed up - When the flag around us goes up - All alone and close up I'll wait for you- -When the world tries to break you -When they threaten to take you -When they try to wake you I'll wait for you-  Just call my name!

Capitol Hill summer People stirring about Mingling in outside tables Everyone walking about.... Jazzy music playing Off in the shadowy haze Oh how I sweetly remember those days.... Airy open windows propped High in busy apartments No one here's a stranger No one knows decent rent. A person walks blocks to clubs  Sometimes late at night. During the weekend  No one's too uptight. Lovely people passing Sometimes famous and known... Capitol Hill is An artist's dream home.  No vacancy signs posted And signs with 'no parking here' Never enough room, Makes boundaries disappear. Diversity welcomed All in one place Drag queens, gays,  hipsters,  Every human race. I have strong memories  Of living here during 9-11 All neighbors joined together Broke bread and shared the leaven We lit candles on our porches Said prayers in our own way There wasn't a conversation Unwelcomed that day.

Can you take it all away? Like you used to do? Can you encourage me to do What I need to? Is this the life you dreamed? Built on skills and duties formed We're too tired to live our dreams Our futures reinformed. And everyone needs us now, yet The world keeps turning somehow Couldn't we just close up shop today? Can you give it all away? Can you give it all away? With all expected guise, Can you look at things anew With only freshest eyes? Can you be very strong? And say goodbye to what we know Can you live a smaller life ----incognito. Can you give it all away? Like we used to do? Can you encourage me to do What I need to? Can we give away riches we've acquired That left our lives eschew Can we leave them all behind,  Can we bid them all adieu?  Let's give up our objects and things,  Reframe our thoughts of wanting more Unburden our stressful lives,  We don't need them anymore!