Today I have the blues,
The deep sad blues:

Me, staring at the world
And nothing really wrong,
Just that I cannot be there,
Where my heart desires
To be.

Earlier I received a beckon
That set my hunger for truth;
Only my light dimmed on me.

And now these cravings
For deep beautiful mystery
Bring a sad emotional swell
To my eyes.

And unable to be there,
I can only weep
Tears of sweet sadness.

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THE DEEP DOWN BLUES

Today I have the blues, the deep sad blues:
just staring out in space, and nothing wrong,
my misty tears in search where joys belong,
to sweep my dears in heart’s embracing hues.

A beckon came to light my shore, and set
my search for truth, but sparks of shining sea
In waves of light that dawns, now dims on me:
my spirit captured, rolled in leaden net

So now I sit to wash and face the pains,
that bring this deep sad hunger for release;
-As cravings crawl in pain to pay the lease.
O cries of sadness, tears my soul now rains!

O sign, O symbol, you call my hunger
You force me purify a little longer.