Sometimes it just hurts

The Art of Words Pt 6: Two

I wrote this sometime around the year 2002.  It is one of the first poems I ever wrote.  I had just started my life here in Durban and one night I decided to go check out the whole clubbing scene. That night was the first time I ever did Ecstasy -"The Love Drug."

Coming home early hours of the morning the drug was wearing off and I started feeling this burning melancholy in the pits of my stomach.  Since it was my first time I didn't handle the feeling very well.

So sitting there feeling like I was about to combust inside I decided to put pen to paper and express myself.  This poem was born.

Now I no longer do Ecstasy or any similar substances since I don't believe it is going to help me create the future I want but I do still write poetry.

The Howling Foxx S6

SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW BY KEANE

I walked across an empty land

I knew the pathway like the back of my hand

I felt the earth beneath my feet

Sat by the river, and it made me complete

                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                    [Chorus]

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?

I'm getting old, and I need something to rely on

So tell me when you're gonna let me in

I'm getting tired, and I need somewhere to begin

 

 

 

 

I came across a fallen tree

I felt the branches of it looking at me

Is this the place we used to love?

Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

[Chorus]

            And if you have a minute, why don't we go 

Talk about it somewhere only we know?

This could be the end of everything

So why don't we go

Somewhere only we know?

[Chorus]

And if you have a minute, why don't we go

Talk about it somewhere only we know?

This could be the end of everything

So why don't we go?

So why don't we go?

 

 

 

 

This could be the end of everything

So why don't we go

Somewhere only we know

Somewhere only we know

Somewhere only we know?