Truth is, I like poetry, but I like to write it more than read it.That's why I love good music, with good lyrics - because they actually force me to read them. This one is an eulogy to John Lennon, "the latest and the greatest of them all", that I always thought that was a hell of a writer.
The Lennon Poem
They couldn't hang you
they couldn't destroy you
even when you died they couldn't touch your shadow
You were a man after all
you made mistakes and lied and cheated
you had everything in your hand
and couldn't keep it.
I understand.
You were the latest and the greatest of them all
And you were brilliant
and at most times sad -
you were human, not a God
even though they said God has punished you.
I say He wouldn't dare...
why you of all the people - just because you had a name?
I don't care.
You were the latest and the greatest of them all.