I want to know what became of the changes

by SixofNine 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  SixofNine

  I want to know what became of the changes
  We waited for love to bring
  Were they only the fitful dreams
  Of some greater awakening?
  Ive been aware of the time going by
  They say in the end its the wink of an eye
  And when the morning light comes streaming in
  Youll get up and do it again
  Amen
  
  

  I'm going to be a happy idiot
  And struggle for the national average
  Where the Elders take aim and lay their claim
  To the heart and the soul of the message
  And believe in whatever may lie
  In those things that hours can buy
  Though true love could have been a contender
  Are you there?
  Say a prayer for the pretender
  Who started out so young and strong
  Only to surrender
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  Star Moore

  Very good poem....amen to that....
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  jgnat

  It reads like an epitaph to dreams. I see that in the eyes of the "older ones".
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  greendawn

  Good poem but it's too much to expect a money minded multibillion corporation to develop a culture of love, the problem begins at the top does it not, the R&F can't see the good example from there.
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  streets76

  Hey SixOfNine, maybe you should credit Jackson Browne for those lyrics. That is, unless you ARE Jackson Browne.
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  SixofNine

  lol, yes, I am in fact Jackson Brown.

  Sorry, thought it was more widely known ("it" being the song, not the fact that I'm Jackson Brown).

  Listening to the song yesterday, it struck me as having a certain resonance with the witness experience. I changed a few words in the second stanza to reinforce that.
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  streets76

  SixOfNine, I know the feeling, when a song really hits home. Sometimes I think the whole album "Takin' It To The Streets" was a personal messege to me ( to leave the JWs and hit the streets, as it were). Some of Neil Young's music connects with me like that, as well.