Sparks Of The Tempest (Livgren, Walsh, "Point Of Know Return", Kansas)
I haven't completed any new poems recently, so to keep this from languishing, I will start posting some of my favorite poetry. These are the lyrics to a song from the album "Point Of Know Return" by Kansas, one of my favorite groups. It seems rather apropos to the current troubled times....
The sparks of the tempest
rage a hundred years on
The voice of the dreamer screams
the cause of the pawn
The king and the queen are gone,
each piece is the same
The difference between us
is a part of the game
Darkness is spreading
like a spot on the sun
The dead are the living
in the age of the gun
While everyone clamors
for the justice they seek
The Word is corrupted
and the strong take the weak
They mold you and shape you,
they watch what you do
The sparks of the tempest
are burnin' you through
Spreading like wildfire
fallin' like rain
Though they may promise,
they only bring pain
Your future is managed
and your freedom's a joke
You don't know the difference
as you put on the yoke
The less that you know
the more you fall into place
A cog in the wheel,
There is no soul in your face
Run for the cover
Millennium's here
Bearing the standard
of confusion and fear
Spreading like wildfire
fallin' like rain
Though they may promise,
they only bring pain
Blood in the sand,
a cry in the street
Now the cycle
is nearly complete
Ten thousand years,
and nothing was learned
No turning back now
the wheel has turned
Big brother is watching
and he likes what he sees
A world for the taking
when he's ready to squeeze
The king and the queen are gone,
each piece is the same
The difference between us
is a part of the game
Soothsayer saying
now tell me no lies
What is this madness
that is filling the skies
Spreading like wildfire
fallin' like rain
Though they may promise,
they only bring pain
The sparks of the tempest
rage a hundred years on
The voice of the dreamer screams
the cause of the pawn
The king and the queen are gone,
each piece is the same
The difference between us
is a part of the game
Darkness is spreading
like a spot on the sun
The dead are the living
in the age of the gun
While everyone clamors
for the justice they seek
The Word is corrupted
and the strong take the weak
They mold you and shape you,
they watch what you do
The sparks of the tempest
are burnin' you through
Spreading like wildfire
fallin' like rain
Though they may promise,
they only bring pain
Your future is managed
and your freedom's a joke
You don't know the difference
as you put on the yoke
The less that you know
the more you fall into place
A cog in the wheel,
There is no soul in your face
Run for the cover
Millennium's here
Bearing the standard
of confusion and fear
Spreading like wildfire
fallin' like rain
Though they may promise,
they only bring pain
Blood in the sand,
a cry in the street
Now the cycle
is nearly complete
Ten thousand years,
and nothing was learned
No turning back now
the wheel has turned
Big brother is watching
and he likes what he sees
A world for the taking
when he's ready to squeeze
The king and the queen are gone,
each piece is the same
The difference between us
is a part of the game
Soothsayer saying
now tell me no lies
What is this madness
that is filling the skies
Spreading like wildfire
fallin' like rain
Though they may promise,
they only bring pain