>>> Item number 15399 from WRITERS LOG9307D --- (56 records) ----- <<< Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 17:57:01 JST Reply-To: WRITERS Sender: WRITERS From: Mike Barker Subject: SUB: Someone's Calling Someone's Calling ----------------- is there anybody out there like me? were you born? will you die? when your heart is breaking, do you cry? is there anyone in here to be? is there anybody out there to see? when your life is aching, do you lie? do you shake all alone and curse the sky? is there anyone in here by me? is there anybody out there to hear? do you breathe? do you sweat? do you know what it means to be me? is there anyone in here to fear? is there anybody out there to hold? will you bind my wounds, will you stop the bleeding? do I always have to plead...? is. there. anyone. in. here? it's cold. is there anybody out there? ----------------------------------- inspired by a phrase from the postings I saw 7/21/93. this one bubbled out in a rush - maybe I should try primal screams? I have polished it just a little. I think it's done. I just wish I knew how to add the driving rhythm and tones I hear in my head when I read it - Jim or one of the other song people, you want to orchestrate it? I tried to show part of the rhythm I hear at the end - the single words with periods. does that work? I would be grateful for any comments or suggestions. As I have said before here, I don't think I understand poetry, and I am hesitant to call these scraps that I put together poems. But, with your kind permission and assistance, I'll keep trying. not a poet tink