BLESSING OF HOPE
by Heshy Rosenwasser
They came to ride the horses to give them one last spin
They came with their cameras to take the last views in
They paid their last respects
Last ditch games cashed in, then left
Like ex-lovers taking what they had and drifting apart
Those who came for fun came a bit too late
They were met by the ghosts of what was and could've been, undecided by fate
The remains of yesterday's rides
Are only rubble to untrained eyes
But it's holy wreckage to the knowing heart
A couple of days wandering might be mighty fine
In the shadow of the abandoned rollercoaster all covered with vines
But if it's thrills they're wanting
They're never gonna find it haunting
The plowed-over fields that once held the amusement parks
They made us big promises they exploited our dreams
All they left us was a skeleton of cracked cement and rusted beams
The master plan turned out to be a dud
Making progress like a wheel spinning in the mud
And there's no light at the end 'cause we're being kept in the dark
But there's four arms straddling fully functional five star hotel
Gleaming and sparkling amidst all the ashes rising where all fell
The tower keeps watch over the wild proceedings like a silent sentinel
Waiting for the day that will see the rebuilt carousel
With a blessing of hope
Well the nor'easter came and beat up on our scene
It rose up in a biblical fury and smashed it to smithereens
Whatever little remained
Was blown by the wind and washed by the rain
Say goodbye to this East Coast Eden maybe once and for all
And now every year things get progressively worse
Like a poem that gets more depressing with each successive verse
Don't think it isn't sitting on my mind
It's killing me that I left you behind
And sometimes I can't help but feel that I dropped the ball
Baby I know things are gonna get better for us
I know things can't stay this way forever for us
There's gotta be a way to get it together for us
I know there's gotta be a change in the weather for us
'Cause the snow's been falling, the lake's been frozen way too long
And it's been taking me an eternity just to write you this song
But after the long winter the sun's gonna shine real strong
'Cause as long as you are, baby, I know not everything was wrong
You're my blessing of hope
(They came to ride the horses to give them one last spin
They came with their cameras to take the last views in
They paid their last respects
Last ditch games cashed in, then left
Like ex-lovers taking what they had and drifting apart)
