LOU RASMUS

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The Musician

Give me a spotlight
and donate applause,
because these songs
that I sing are about all
the love that I’ve lost.
And I know that you
think it’s just chords
and melodies, but it’s
more like an escape from
hell for me.
It’s more like therapy.
So please stay,
and drink,
and let me play you one more,
because I can’t go back
home to where I have to
sit in my sores.
Please.
Please.
Just clap for me,
and make me feel like
I’m not so fucking alone.

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18 responses to “The Musician”

  1. House of Heart Avatar
    House of Heart

    You are not alone…make mine a double. 🙂

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    1. lourasmus Avatar
      lourasmus

      deal

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  2. Joseph Emerson Avatar
    Joseph Emerson

    Love it. I relate with this completely. All my art is an exscape from hell (in my head). Great peom 🤘 😈

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    1. lourasmus Avatar
      lourasmus

      thats why we need the art. thank you for reading

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  3. ~M Avatar
    ~M

    👏🏼

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  4. grumpygorman Avatar
    grumpygorman

    So honest and not wrapped up in pretty words and energy.. I like gut punch poetry..

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    1. lourasmus Avatar
      lourasmus

      thank you anthony. as always, i appreciate your comments

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  5. righteousbruin9 Avatar
    righteousbruin9

    Sing one more, and take our loving energy with you, like an extra blanket in the cold gloom.

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    1. lourasmus Avatar
      lourasmus

      wow, that was a beautiful comment. thank you

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  6. cariboucrossingsak Avatar
    cariboucrossingsak

    Thank goodness for our art and anonymous cyber-hugs and tips in an upturned hat.

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    1. lourasmus Avatar
      lourasmus

      right on

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  7. HotBottoms Avatar
    HotBottoms

    Puts me in mind of a bartender I knew. Unhappy, broken marriage, alone…was a star behind the bar-in the light; in the middle of the show. He’d keep us there till dawn just to not have to go home.

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    1. lourasmus Avatar
      lourasmus

      i feel the pain. thanks for the comment

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  8. diaryofasoulwriter Avatar
    diaryofasoulwriter

    I think you could easily turn that one into a song 😊 the rhythm is there. It sings to me.

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    1. lou rasmus Avatar
      lou rasmus

      i might have to give it a try. thanks

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      1. diaryofasoulwriter Avatar
        diaryofasoulwriter

        You should! Music can bring an other dimension to poetry.

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      2. lou rasmus Avatar
        lou rasmus

        right on

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  9. cinammonswirlgirl83 Avatar
    cinammonswirlgirl83

    No, my new friend (“It’s a pleasure to meet you.”), you are not alone. Having read a few of your poems, I can see that you’ve got a hook into the pain that loving brings. You get it. You know what it’s like to feel left behind and to wonder how to find the way out of the darkness. Just don’t ever lose hope. You are very talented. That shows clearly in your words. Best to you, and thank you for following me. C.

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