Looking
(the beginning of a journey)
Streets as dark as dark can get
Skies as black as blackest jet
I walk these hopeless paths and yet....
Keep looking, I keep looking.
There in the night, a distant light
There in the light, a dim lit sight
I run to see if I am right.....
For looking, always looking.
Too many times, too many days
I've lost my treasure, lost my ways
Grabbed hold so tight, they slipped away....
But continued looking, continued looking.
There is a place, I know, for me
And I will know it when I see
An oasis from this world, will be.....
If I keep looking, just keep looking.
My footsteps, slower now, with age
My life, words, on a yellowed page
My heart, a sad thing in a cage.....
Beats faintly, but still looking, looking.
Love, it calls my unknown name
Like taunting children at a game
Life, it changes, but stays the same....
And I go on looking, I go on looking.
Then up ahead, around a curve
A bright light rises from the swerve
And welcomes me with smile and verve....
And I stop looking, I stop looking.
(the ending)
Looking For the All Nite Cafe
by John Trudell
by John Trudell
©by Voo
March 22, 08
3:50 p.m.
There she was in that all night cafe.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for that someone who will take her away.
From the lonely, loveless nights of life.
To where love would end her endless strife.
And for Her! No more waiting, No more sorrow. No more waiting, No more waiting.
This one just stopped me in my tracks and I just kept reading and repeatedly kept reading. I can relate, I can relate.
It's so beautiful, Voo. It's so beautiful.
Thank you, dear heart.
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