Poem for Megan's Prince Challenge Based On My Favorite Prince Song |
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Back to a Better April Four years is a very long time when the world turns suddenly on a proverbial dime April took Prince to a better place I picture him in heaven, a smile on his beaming, handsome face With stinging guitar and his friend, Tracy, at his side No need to worry about disease or run, get a mask and hide Life dealt him some worries and bitter body blows tempered by poetry and Minnesota April snows My favorite song is not his biggest hit, To me it's the lyrics of poetry that every April fits This April, there's no hint of snow even if there were to be, we couldn't find the courage to move around and go Prisoners of what is now society's crying fear We almost casually lose the freedom to dream our dreams this year But sure as Prince found the faith and grace to sing of Purple Rain, snow in April and some such other magically haunting things We fight to imagine him ghost riding, soaring against the springtime sky His bike giving him the freedom to let his creative light imagination fly Maybe heaven isn't so scary after love has come to call If Prince can catch us with a net of music, back to the future Aprils when we fall ~~~ 20 Lines Here are the Prince song lyrics that inspired the poem: Sometimes it Snows in April Tracy died soon after a long fought civil war Just after I'd wiped away his last tear I guess he's better off than he was before A whole lot better off than the fools he left here I used to cry for Tracy 'cause he was my only friend Those kind of cars don't pass you every day I used to cry for Tracy 'cause I wanted to see him again But sometimes, sometimes life ain't always the way Sometimes it snows in April Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad Sometimes I wish life was never ending And all good things, they say, never last Springtime was always my favorite time of year A time for lovers holding hands in the rain Now springtime only reminds me of Tracy's tears Always cry for love, never cry for pain He used to say so strong, oh unafraid to die Unafraid of the death that left me hypnotized No, staring at his picture I realized No one could cry the way my Tracy cried Sometimes it snows in April Sometimes I feel so bad Sometimes, sometimes I wish that life was never ending And all good things, they say, never last I often dream of heaven and I know that Tracy's there I know that he has found another friend Maybe he's found the answer to all the April snow Maybe one day I'll see my Tracy again Sometimes it snows in April Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad Sometimes I wish that life was never ending But all good things, they say, never last All good things they say, never last And love, it isn't love until it's past |