TheBanyanTree: Poem: Hallelujah

[Barb Edlen]

You are so very talented. 

"Locked into autumn's kiss."

Pure magic. 

✿*ﾟ‘ﾟ･.｡.:*

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Twigllet <twigllet at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hallelujah 
> 
> When they bury Leonard Cohen 
> Will it be a day like this
> Crisp, green, littered with leaves
> Locked into autumn's kiss
> 
> Will the mourners gather solemnly
> And whisper among themselves
> Saying "Leonard was so spiritual
> He'd never go to hell
> Leonard was so talented
> He never thought it so
> Bemused by the clamor
> He sought to let it go
> The Jew became a Buddhist 
> Even a monk it's hard to say
> Which part of life he loved the best
> Until his dying day"
> 
> "And Leonard was so popular
> The best did sing his songs
> The ones he wrote for groceries
> His pragmatism won
> He never liked pretension
> This life is what it is
> He'd try to live it better
> And never put on airs."
> 
> Too many people sang that song
> They simply couldn't see
> That in their many versions
> They bored the listeners keen
> The gem rolled out of storage
> And shone in every way
> Now when it plays, like Leonard
> We sigh and turn away