When Bix said “I am not a swan, ” <br />what did he mean? <br />Did he mean “I’m not quite white, <br />I’m rather cosmopolitan”? <br /> <br />I’ve always wondered about that particular loneliness <br />that comes with the music <br />but I don’t let it get me down <br />I just keep climbing for the stars <br />and it’s one hard climb. <br /> <br />Sometimes a star’s not a star, <br />it’s a planet. <br />It’s Jupiter or maybe Mars, <br />and in the night sky, <br />there could be answers if you look long enough <br />and if you listen. <br />I don’t let it get me down <br />I just keep climbing for the stars <br />and it’s one hard climb. <br /> <br /> Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, <br /> it’s different all over again, <br /> friends leave, you’re somewhere else, <br /> and you’re standing there on your own, <br /> it’s a long hard climb to the stars, babe <br /> but it’s what we have to do. <br /> <br />You can ask the gods <br />not to hit you anymore <br />but sometimes they still smack you around, <br />and I try not to let it get me down <br />because like Bix, I am not a swan <br />and I just keep climbing to the stars <br />(in a mist) <br />and oh man, <br />it’s a long hard climb <br />(and he only gave it 28 years.)<br /><br />Moonchild Diva<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tune-for-bix/
