Demita
9 October, 2003
Author: Ben Laney
We were young
And running scared
In nineteen seventy one
When we sat
On the sidewalk and shared
The words to a Leonard Cohen song
Demita, where are you now,
Do you still carry that fire with you?
Demita when I think of you now I wonder,
I wonder if you ever found the truth
We were young
And going wild
When the soldiers filled the street
A country kid
And a wide-eyed child
Looking for love and peace
Demita, where are you now,
Do you still carry that fire with you?
Demita when I think of you now I wonder,
I wonder if you ever found the truth
We were young
And growing fast
Caught in the raging tide
In the center
Of that hurricane blast
You were like a sister of mine
Demita, where are you now,
Do you still carry that fire with you?
Demita when I think of you now I wonder,
I wonder if you ever found the truth...
I wonder if you ever found the truth...
I pray to God that you have found the truth
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Comments on this poem/writing:
| Terrie* (65.150.167.108) -- Friday, October 17 2003, 05:35 am very inspiring........i'm sure w/a friend like you, her heart guided her to the truth...excellent writing.. |
| Terrie*, thank you very..... (67.123.245.208) -- Friday, October 17 2003, 06:25 am Terrie*, thank you VERY much for your comment on Demita! I am happy that you like this and I appreciate your kind words a lot. Demita is someone I met back in the seventies. I only knew her briefly, but I will never forget her. That little ball of fire burned herself into my memory forever. Maybe because she sang with such heart! Thanks again! ***Ben |
| Ben (67.123.245.208) -- Friday, October 17 2003, 06:27 am Terrie*, thank you VERY much for your comment on Demita! I am happy that you like this and I appreciate your kind words a lot. Demita is someone I met back in the seventies. I only knew her briefly, but I will never forget her. That little ball of fire burned herself into my memory forever. Maybe because she sang with such heart! Thanks again! ***Ben |
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