Echoes of the Oncoming Future - Poem
I was in the knowledge that today I would need to get a poem out, but I wasn't stressing about it. A part of me just figured I'll relax about it and let the gates of inspiration open whenever felt right. Well, I'll tell you what: It is late at night and boy have those glorious gates opened wide. I just sat down by my computer to see if something could pop in to my head, maybe from the most random of places, inspiration would hit on the spot. Newsflash. It did. Inspiration hit. Based on a phrase I composed this poem titled "Echoes of the Oncoming Future," is a whimsical, smooth little tale of a young man who is walking on the streets of his city, feeling good about his day, feeling happy and thankful, when he hears in the distance a band. Now see, this band is playing a wonderful new little tune that this guy, who just so happens to be a musical encyclopedia just cannot place. He is lightening to it very carefully, he hears the musicians and the singer, but because...