An ode to a feeling

 

You tread through the hall                

You walk on the grass

Across the street

A man mows his lawn

 

And the cold wind blows …

 

It’s early morn

You gotta go to work

You reach there late

Make up for the quirk

 

And the cold wind blows …

 

You get back home

Have to take a break

Sip beer and call

No one seems to be there

 

And the cold wind blows …

 

Go watch a movie

Or read a book

Try new junk food

OR learn to cook

 

But the cold wind blows …

 

It’s raining outside

And the music plays

Memories deep inside

Stare right in your face

 

The cold wind’s toll …

 

Now you say life is cool

And you gotta go on

You can’t be a fool

To clutch to one song

You hear wise words

Let I t go

The stars and the birds

Have seen it before

 

And the cold wind blows …

 

You wish to get out

From the maddening crowd

You want to shout

But it’s not allowed

Gotta be a man

Know how to behave

Your words are forlorn

Life is not fair

 

But who gives a hoot

If you couldn’t take it

Somebody gets shot

Somebody couldn’t make it

 

And the cold wind is ruthless …

 

Now you realize

You are all alone

A fact of life

Should have known

 

Look around you

All empty faces

Masquerading a view

To cover up the cases

 

And the cold wind hurts …

 

But that’s OK

‘Cause everything is fair

An action for a cause

Has a reaction to bear

 

You feel the futility

Gotta learn to wait

Patience and infirmity

Throughout your fate

Look up there

And step right ahead

No faltering feet

Can take you there

 

The wind will blow on

As long as it can

Moment’s of weakness

Won’t make you a man

You know you can quit

Go the worldly way

But the way you are made

You just won’t sway

 

You’ll learn to take it

Till it no longer feels cold

Go out there in the blaze

With no jacket to hold

 

Because deep down inside

You know within your heart

That autumn doesn’t stay long

It has to depart

And one day the flowers will bloom

On a misty spring morning

 

No feeling of pain

No feeling of anger

No expectations

No disappointments

 

A feeling of goodness

Which will last forever

A life full of bliss

And no word called ‘Never’

 

Because somebody up there

You don’t know when

Said the magic word

‘A M E N ! ! ! ! ! ‘

 

And the cold wind doesn’t hurt anymore …