NEUROSES

Wenn eine kleine Liebe geht
Dann haben wir verstanden
Wie's in den engen Herzen um uns steht
Die einst sich an uns banden

Wo Herz das Ganze nie begreift
Dort bringt der Kopf das kleine Trauern
Weil uns die alte Hoffnung streift
Doch ist's am Ende nur Bedauern

(C) 2020

One day it started, at first very shy,
That slyly but daily some people would die
More and more had to go every day
And each one of us had to find a way
To cope with something so out of control
No loophole left for a single soul

So many unanswered questions we had
Some were angry, some went quite mad
So many were nothing but much afraid
And still others tried a silly debate
With which restriction they came to terms
If really there were those dangerous germs

Ref.
This was the time when we had to decide
To turn around our lives earthwide
Or to face a constantly rougher ride
Till the very last tree and the ever last tide

We were lucky back then with that sudden threat
If we had not reacted we'd all be dead
The planet had nearly gone down the drain
But our last efforts were not in vain
When finally most of us knew what was wrong
When we came to sing a very new song.

Ref.
This was the time when we had to decide
To turn around all our lives earthwide
Or to face a constantly rougher ride
Till the very last tree and the ever last tide

We realised we overcame this disease
Only if everyone were at ease
No room for judgemental stupidity
No time for power and bigottery
No air for cruelty, violence or sway
If any of us was to see a safe day

Since then no hierarchy needed no more
Everyone now understands the score
No greed, no selfishness, no war, no fights
Everyone everwhere lives the same rights
It's the only way: we all care what we do
And know exactly what we always knew

Ref.
This was the time when we had to decide
To turn around all our lives earthwide
Or to face a constantly rougher ride
Till the very last tree and the ever last tide

Humanity differs from fauna because
We feel the need to care above laws
Music and art and language and ideas
Are the only we way to cope with fears
If we care not to step on someone's toes
We can be content without hardly any woes

Ref.
This was the time when we had to decide
To turn around all our lives earthwide
Or to face a constantly rougher ride
Till the very last tree and the ever last tide


(C) 2020
A Song for LK

He came far too early to succeed
Came when the world was already
Far too broken

To be saved just like that

So they, you know, could easily prove him wrong
Not even proving nothing though
But their own ignorance

Roistering just like that

He was honered far too early, too
When he still had so much to do
Far too much even

To be able to fix it all just like that

Now they believe in their victories
Those who believe in absolutely nothing
But their own ego

Granting themselves power like that

Yet this is no fight nor a battle nor war
This is total destruction for all
Even for them

So there is no more victory for any of us
There is no hope on the whole world
For no one

Only those might have a slight chance
Who regret that he, you know, was far too early
And vote accordingly

Able to get it all
Just like that

© 2020

Finally Frankfurt
So how did I get here
From Mannheim
Never seen again after birth
Via Munich
Real snow and close mountains
Via the Upper Rhine Lowlands
Always good natured
Via Teutoburg Forest
Where the summers stopped
Via Luneburg Heath
Beautifully purple
Via the amazing Ammerland
Via a Dursleyish Surrey
Via Munster
Bells and all
That is the route
That's just about it
Roughly spoken

And there's another route
Worth mentioning
Dependig on the way
I wish to remember it
From Piele to Pino to Adi
That is from all the Seasons via
Ashes to Ashes to
What I am is what I am
Edie to the core
Than another Pino
Rather Pierre
Who introduced me to
Cyrano de Bergerac
Short term though
Then
Lost in the woods
Finding Marquardt
More bear than dog
Self-absorbed like all bears
And after
A short escape route called
Laws of the Universe or
Nils sometimes
Trouble on a plate I say
Not to mention the Dragon
Just for the fun of it
And that's it with these

Not to forget
Mixing in Mo aka Sunny
Just kisses
And Bianca
Much more
And my greatest love
Of all times
Heix
Heartbreaking though
Just like my last
Infatuation only
A half French shining Eastern star
A little dream of What's Up
PiNK singing for her goddess

The route was the goal
Back then
That's all gone now
Since I prefer a city as my companion
Before all other relations
No treachery
No disappointments
No lies
We know each other so well
After twenty-eight years
And there is still lots to discover
I won't manage to learn everything
Before I go to ground
When she'll take my ashes
Silently
And so it should be
There should always be
Some secrets left

I remember the ending of
Hamam the movie
Frankfurt can be on a par
With Istanbul in many ways
I could be this woman
Alone with my city till the end
So cool
The problem is
I don't smoke

© 2020




P.S.
I didn't mention my friends here
Nor family
No offence intended
Since of course
Love could never have too many faces!

References:
- "Seasons" ref. to the one and only Terry Jacks, Seasons in the Sun, as well as If You Go Away
- Edie ref. to What I Am
- PiNK's goddess ref to What's Up (Watch till very end!
As you can see, this was a journey, too!