BACK TO BLACK
Dedicated to Amy
Winehouse
A shaken voice held my
heart to ransom
I heard the news via
Molly Meldrum
Miss blues singer,
extraordinaire
Died, heartbroken, in
despair
The whole world wept
that dark July
No-one paused to
wonder why
Angels hovered in
cobalt skies
Ravens gathered to caw
“goodbye”
She clutched her mike
in trembling hands
Struggling on the
stage, to stand
To rehab, she said,
No, No, No
How I wish she chose
to go
Back to black, her
music sank
Her haunting voice
left faces blank
She danced with death
a hundred times
Put her faith in
nursery rhymes
What led her poor
heart to decide
To leave this world a
lonely bride?
Mama said, you’ll come
home soon
Daddy promised her the
moon
Your party was over,
yet no-one knew
What fate had kept in
store for you
Twas a sad, dark day
in twenty eleven
Miss Winehouse took
the stage in heaven
© 2019 Wendy Phelan
Nice tribute.
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