Where have all the sad songs
gone? When I was young I sang
the saddest songs; there was
a depth, a yin as well as
yang, like the love
of a minor chord, or a melancholy
walk by the sea –
and it was all so much bigger
than me. Something
tells me that I can’t be
ageing well, not when
all the songs sound the same,
where the tide never rises again
© copyright Dave Barker 2012

Oh this is lovely and so true! Where have they all gone?!
There is nothing to listen to, to make myself feel sadder when I am already sad! That is what I used to do and mainly with Roy Orbison, very, very .loud, or rhe Everley Brothers!! Lol
You have taken me back!
Christine!
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Absolutely beautiful.
Blessings,
mei
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Oh beautiful, the sad songs and their soul notes…
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So nice to read your work again. With this new one I like the flow and meter. I’ve had a week that seems to fit this poem! The painting is really lovely, too.
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smiles…i always had a fable for songs in minor chords… i’m just hopelessly sentimental i think…smiles
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