Hello Wednesday Muse Folk! I am back from hiatus and have all kinds of ideas for future prompts. Today I want to give you a non-music music prompt? Is it a poem? Maybe so, maybe not. It is the lyrics to a song sans music with a couple of phrases pulled out for you to form your poem around.
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
So get to writing Wednesday Musers! I am looking forward to what you come up with.
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life
Too late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
I can't find the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way I feel
Don't discard me just because you think I mean you harm
But these cuts I have they need love to help them heal
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life
Too late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
I can't find the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way I feel
Don't discard me just because you think I mean you harm
But these cuts I have they need love to help them heal
The phrases I have pulled out are:
Frozen here on the ladder of my life
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But these cuts I have they need love to heal
Pick one or none of them. Let the words inspire you. I prefer that you not listen to the music. Bernie Taupin wrote his poems without music. Elton John provided the music. I want you all to provide the poem.
Wonderful prompt Toni! :-)
ReplyDeleteI hope you all enjoy this prompt. I think it lends itself to many different kinds of poems.
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