Legends

(All photos not my work--from the internet)

James was a rebel; a pack of cigarettes in his sleeve

He left his pain on the screen; his body on the street

Jimi, River, Cory and Amy all left on a high

While Otis, Richie and Buddy fell out of the sky

Flaring flames for a moment burst bright

Quickly extinguished, futures lost in the night

 Leaving behind a picture, a word or a song

They died too soon, but their legends live on

Were Robbie’s Last Waltz words a future foretold?

Life on the road left poor Richard hanging cold

Years later Kurt held a shotgun to his head

So much angst and talent buried and dead

Did their souls know that they would leave early?

Their brilliance flashed fast, high and clearly

Before thirty they were revered and celebrated

More than other long lives accomplished or created

Janis wailed Bobby Magee was no longer there

But she left a piece of her heart and her voice in the air

Jim Morrison opened and closed dark doors

Lying in Paris forever now, where grief visits and pours

Flaring flames for a moment burst bright

Quickly extinguished, futures lost in the night

 Leaving behind a picture, a word or a song

They died too soon, yet their legends live on

Do you remember that Brian Jones formed the Stones?

Mick and Keith keep them rolling over his bones

Sam Cooke, Tupac and Marvin Gaye were all shot

They are remembered, but their killers are not

There are candle flames for Marilyn and Diane

Prescriptions for Heath didn’t go as planned

Zyzz led the bodybuilding aesthetic generation

His heart may have stopped, but not his motivation

Flaring flames for a moment burst bright

Quickly extinguished, futures lost in the night

 Leaving behind a picture, a word or a song

They died too soon, yet their legends live on