Reincarnation

People from another time, another place
Seen but not seen; familiar face
Silently, quickly, transformation
Another time, another place, restoration

Years and years ago, I had an inkling
Soon a stronger vibe, became a twinkling
Then suddenly aware, found myself in Limbo
Watching all the world, as if through a window

I saw growth of cities, many folks around me
Calling out to them, hoping that they'd found me
But my screams were silent, they didn't hear a sound
Waste away in my state, never to be found

Battered at my window, glass would not give way
Tried to climb the walls, still was forced to stay
Was I even human? Didn't really know
Only something I remembered very long ago

What will it take to free me? Waiting anxiously
Feel my time is coming, amping up my plea
Only takes some wishing, perhaps upon a star
Can I make my descent now, coming from afar?

Finding a new body, infant in their arms
I will not let new life come to any harm
I, so long forgotten, exist now once again
I will always be here, as I've always been.

I have now returned, I'm in the present
Where I had come from, it wasn't pleasant
Knowledge is within me, but not abused
I remember everything but it can't be used

Other Comments
@cd_caleb_duane - 2025-02-26 what an interesting process to work on something from near fifty years ago --- inspired an idea to work on a verse of a song once each decade and see how it results --- it's working well as a lyric and I feel there's an uneasy interplay between memory, past, present and change. nice work @nancycunning - 2025-02-19 I’m glad you came back to this one a few decades later. It has the sheen of a a bad dream that you have again many years later.

Roger D. Linder: FAWM 2025
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