Paul Mccartney (Born 1942) (Planet 4148mccartney) Poem by Sheena Blackhall

Paul Mccartney (Born 1942) (Planet 4148mccartney)



Once upon a Long Ago
His mother was an Angel in Disguise
Early Days, at 3am, she cycled through snow
A midwife answering every baby’s request

He stopped being an average person
Stepped away from the Inner City madness
The stranglehold of nine till five

He rinsed the raindrops of hues
To brighten his lyrics
The Bloody Beetroot Sky
With Calico Clouds

He was cosmically conscious
In fighting injustices
He was never a backseat passenger
In raising his voice for issues

India called out:
‘Boys, this is your teacher’
It was a beautiful night

Big Boys Bickering,
The Beatles spilt their wings and flew

But he could always find a cello in the ruins
Children, children,
Gave him the comfort of love

Daytime, Night-time suffering
He understood, and sang it for us all
Saw death end a marriage
Endured the eclipse of another

Those footprints left
A front room Liverpool parlour
For the Mull of Kintyre
The Strawberry Fields beyond

He captured all us haymakers
In the swinging sixties
Runners in the Great Cock and Seagull Race
Otherwise known as relationships
When Love was Lazy Dynamite
And life was a house of wax too near the sun

A Magritte man,
He had his feet in the clouds
His seat on the Mersey ferry

Saturday, August 1, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: music
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