I couldn't put this in the org artists section...so I'll just leave it here. It isn't a proper poem, but it is heartfelt and the best I can do right now.

................................................................

Simply, For Prince

****************

You taught me so many things

Through your music that I

Can never tell you

But I'm telling you now

What a joy it is to listen to you sing

To wail your heart out on guitar

To minutely dissect my emotions

On your piano and a microphone

So many moments of your life

Spoke to so many of mine

Through so many years

I can't thank you enough

For getting me through

The rough spots of youth

For making it cool

To be an outcaste

The one who is misunderstood

The beautifully strange

For those who never

Quite fit in to the status quo

You spoke for us all

And then you continued

The soundtrack for our lives

Certain songs resonated

As we all grew older

Got busy with life

Some got married

Divorced

Raised children

Some had the chance

To have partners

Of their own gender

Some chose not to go

Down the garden path

Some never made it

At all...

But through

Thick and thin,

Joy and pain,

Celebrations

And losses

You were there

Always with new music

Always with the

Everlasting hope

Of seeing you

One more time

In a concert

That felt like

A spiritual revival

And I never went away

Not being uplifted

And fulfilled

For weeks to come

I will miss that

Not having you

Accompany me

And all who loved you

On the rest of the journey

But your work here

Is not yet done...

As long as your music lives

And inspires those who remain

Your legacy will live on...

And not be forgotten.

Thank you, Prince.

I will love you til the end of time, my dear Princey.

MarquessMarq said:

This poem came from the pain in your heart and I thank you for all the poems in the org artist forum. I shall miss you to.

May you live to see the down

purplethunder3121 said:

I couldn't put this in the org artists section...so I'll just leave it here. It isn't a proper poem, but it is heartfelt and the best I can do right now.

................................................................

Simply, For Prince

****************

You taught me so many things

Through your music that I

Can never tell you

But I'm telling you now

What a joy it is to listen to you sing

To wail your heart out on guitar

To minutely dissect my emotions

On your piano and a microphone

So many moments of your life

Spoke to so many of mine

Through so many years

I can't thank you enough

For getting me through

The rough spots of youth

For making it cool

To be an outcaste

The one who is misunderstood

The beautifully strange

For those who never

Quite fit in to the status quo

You spoke for us all

And then you continued

The soundtrack for our lives

Certain songs resonated

As we all grew older

Got busy with life

Some got married

Divorced

Raised children

Some had the chance

To have partners

Of their own gender

Some chose not to go

Down the garden path

Some never made it

At all...

But through

Thick and thin,

Joy and pain,

Celebrations

And losses

You were there

Always with new music

Always with the

Everlasting hope

Of seeing you

One more time

In a concert

That felt like

A spiritual revival

And I never went away

Not being uplifted

And fulfilled

For weeks to come

I will miss that

Not having you

Accompany me

And all who loved you

On the rest of the journey

But your work here

Is not yet done...

As long as your music lives

And inspires those who remain

Your legacy will live on...

And not be forgotten.

Thank you, Prince.

Beautiful , couldn't have said it any better.

purplethunder3121 said:

I couldn't put this in the org artists section...so I'll just leave it here. It isn't a proper poem, but it is heartfelt and the best I can do right now.

................................................................

Simply, For Prince

****************

You taught me so many things

Through your music that I

Can never tell you

But I'm telling you now

What a joy it is to listen to you sing

To wail your heart out on guitar

To minutely dissect my emotions

On your piano and a microphone

So many moments of your life

Spoke to so many of mine

Through so many years

I can't thank you enough

For getting me through

The rough spots of youth

For making it cool

To be an outcaste

The one who is misunderstood

The beautifully strange

For those who never

Quite fit in to the status quo

You spoke for us all

And then you continued

The soundtrack for our lives

Certain songs resonated

As we all grew older

Got busy with life

Some got married

Divorced

Raised children

Some had the chance

To have partners

Of their own gender

Some chose not to go

Down the garden path

Some never made it

At all...

But through

Thick and thin,

Joy and pain,

Celebrations

And losses

You were there

Always with new music

Always with the

Everlasting hope

Of seeing you

One more time

In a concert

That felt like

A spiritual revival

And I never went away

Not being uplifted

And fulfilled

For weeks to come

I will miss that

Not having you

Accompany me

And all who loved you

On the rest of the journey

But your work here

Is not yet done...

As long as your music lives

And inspires those who remain

Your legacy will live on...

And not be forgotten.

Thank you, Prince.

purplethunder3121 said:

I couldn't put this in the org artists section...so I'll just leave it here. It isn't a proper poem, but it is heartfelt and the best I can do right now.

................................................................

Simply, For Prince

****************

You taught me so many things

Through your music that I

Can never tell you

But I'm telling you now

What a joy it is to listen to you sing

To wail your heart out on guitar

To minutely dissect my emotions

On your piano and a microphone

So many moments of your life

Spoke to so many of mine

Through so many years

I can't thank you enough

For getting me through

The rough spots of youth

For making it cool

To be an outcaste

The one who is misunderstood

The beautifully strange

For those who never

Quite fit in to the status quo

You spoke for us all

And then you continued

The soundtrack for our lives

Certain songs resonated

As we all grew older

Got busy with life

Some got married

Divorced

Raised children

Some had the chance

To have partners

Of their own gender

Some chose not to go

Down the garden path

Some never made it

At all...

But through

Thick and thin,

Joy and pain,

Celebrations

And losses

You were there

Always with new music

Always with the

Everlasting hope

Of seeing you

One more time

In a concert

That felt like

A spiritual revival

And I never went away

Not being uplifted

And fulfilled

For weeks to come

I will miss that

Not having you

Accompany me

And all who loved you

On the rest of the journey

But your work here

Is not yet done...

As long as your music lives

And inspires those who remain

Your legacy will live on...

And not be forgotten.

Thank you, Prince.

Beautiful! Whatever comes from the heart is worth more than rhyming or "proper".

He is the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last thing i think about as I fall asleep. The reality that he is gone is so painful I feel like I can't breathe. Our sweet, beautiful Prince is no longer with us on this earth, but he left us so many countless gifts that will live forever. We love and miss you so very much Prince!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Remembering Prince's Grafitti Bridge
May 2016

Twenty-five years ago, in 1991, Eden Prairie lost its iconic Graffiti Bridge, torn down to make room for an expanded Valley View Road. To mark the occasion, the community gathered and painted the bridge one
last time.

thanks2joniandu said:

He is the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last thing i think about as I fall asleep. The reality that he is gone is so painful I feel like I can't breathe. Our sweet, beautiful Prince is no longer with us on this earth, but he left us so many countless gifts that will live forever. We love and miss you so very much Prince!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have this too but it slowly goes away for me when i listen to his music.

It's 2 weeks now and it still hurts so much! Was just listening to Around the world in a day an this end of the album when he screams "Nooooooooooooooo", well that's when it hit me again. Seems to be a longer healing process.

Nice Prince mural from Las Vegas. I was having a really sad day and came across this. The wording on the top say's... Just Have Faith...

Still can't accept that he's really gone...

[Edited 5/5/16 15:26pm]

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Tracy died soon after a long fought civil war,
Just after I'd wiped away his last tear
I guess he's better off than he was before,
A whole lot better off than the fools he left here
I used to cry for Tracy because he was my only friend
Those kind of cars don't pass you every day
I used to cry for Tracy because I wanted to see him again,
But sometimes sometimes life ain't always the way

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish life was never ending,
And all good things, they say, never last

Springtime was always my favorite time of year,
A time for lovers holding hands in the rain
Now springtime only reminds me of Tracy's tears
Always cry for love, never cry for pain
He used to say so strong unafraid to die
Unafraid of the death that left me hypnotized
No, staring at his picture I realized
No one could cry the way my Tracy cried

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad
Sometimes, sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
And all good things, they say, never last

I often dream of heaven and I know that Tracy's there
I know that he has found another friend
Maybe he's found the answer to all the April snow
Maybe one day I'll see my Tracy again

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
But all good things, they say, never last

All good things that say, never last
And love, it isn't love until it's a cry

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

TRULY MISSED

"I said nooo I ain't dead yet, what about u?"

purplethunder3121 said:

I couldn't put this in the org artists section...so I'll just leave it here. It isn't a proper poem, but it is heartfelt and the best I can do right now.

................................................................

Simply, For Prince

****************

You taught me so many things

Through your music that I

Can never tell you

But I'm telling you now

What a joy it is to listen to you sing

To wail your heart out on guitar

To minutely dissect my emotions

On your piano and a microphone

So many moments of your life

Spoke to so many of mine

Through so many years

I can't thank you enough

For getting me through

The rough spots of youth

For making it cool

To be an outcaste

The one who is misunderstood

The beautifully strange

For those who never

Quite fit in to the status quo

You spoke for us all

And then you continued

The soundtrack for our lives

Certain songs resonated

As we all grew older

Got busy with life

Some got married

Divorced

Raised children

Some had the chance

To have partners

Of their own gender

Some chose not to go

Down the garden path

Some never made it

At all...

But through

Thick and thin,

Joy and pain,

Celebrations

And losses

You were there

Always with new music

Always with the

Everlasting hope

Of seeing you

One more time

In a concert

That felt like

A spiritual revival

And I never went away

Not being uplifted

And fulfilled

For weeks to come

I will miss that

Not having you

Accompany me

And all who loved you

On the rest of the journey

But your work here

Is not yet done...

As long as your music lives

And inspires those who remain

Your legacy will live on...

And not be forgotten.

Thank you, Prince.

Just beautiful....Front page worthy. Very well said Somebody from Paisley park needs to acquire this, frame it and put it at the entrance. Fitting tribute to Prince.

babynoz said:

sj1600 said:

Scarfo said: 100% this. If his history was more accessible on YouTube for today's generation his ridiculously major presence and contribution would be a part of their lives. I remember his eighties videos when they were released and the hoo-ha around a new album but those are my memories. Anyway, just to say that people have talked to me about songs they never realise he wrote and performances they've seen online - that they love them. It's kind of a comfort. I just wish he hadn't had to die to get the recognition he deserved. That's human nature though. While MJ was alive, during his latter years, it was all gossip about this and that. As soon as he passed it was all forgotten and the press celebrated his music again.

Again, you guys aren't reading what I actually wrote. If you go back and read you will see than I'm only talking about people I personally know and talk to, not generations in general. Just to clarify my circle is people in their 40s and 50s, not the younger generation. Why would I criticize people who weren't even born?


I'm also not talking about the people who called to check on me and offer words of support. To be clear, I am referring to people who all they had to say to me when Prince was alive was that he was too weird/gay but now they wanna call me and yap like old church ladies gossipping over the fence because they read something in the tabloids.

If they simply didn't care for his music I was fine with that, but don't call me because all of a sudden the media says it's okay to like Prince? No thanks.

My apologies. I guess sometimes folks don't really realize something or someone is really good until after they're gone.

purplethunder3121 said:

I couldn't put this in the org artists section...so I'll just leave it here. It isn't a proper poem, but it is heartfelt and the best I can do right now.

................................................................

Simply, For Prince

****************

You taught me so many things

Through your music that I

Can never tell you

But I'm telling you now

What a joy it is to listen to you sing

To wail your heart out on guitar

To minutely dissect my emotions

On your piano and a microphone

So many moments of your life

Spoke to so many of mine

Through so many years

I can't thank you enough

For getting me through

The rough spots of youth

For making it cool

To be an outcaste

The one who is misunderstood

The beautifully strange

For those who never

Quite fit in to the status quo

You spoke for us all

And then you continued

The soundtrack for our lives

Certain songs resonated

As we all grew older

Got busy with life

Some got married

Divorced

Raised children

Some had the chance

To have partners

Of their own gender

Some chose not to go

Down the garden path

Some never made it

At all...

But through

Thick and thin,

Joy and pain,

Celebrations

And losses

You were there

Always with new music

Always with the

Everlasting hope

Of seeing you

One more time

In a concert

That felt like

A spiritual revival

And I never went away

Not being uplifted

And fulfilled

For weeks to come

I will miss that

Not having you

Accompany me

And all who loved you

On the rest of the journey

But your work here

Is not yet done...

As long as your music lives

And inspires those who remain

Your legacy will live on...

And not be forgotten.

Thank you, Prince.

I'll be at Paisley Park on May 14th. I may print this out and leave it on a couple tables before the night is over, and hopefully the staff see it the next day and put it in a special place. Very nicely written.

cc3078 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I couldn't put this in the org artists section...so I'll just leave it here. It isn't a proper poem, but it is heartfelt and the best I can do right now.

................................................................

Simply, For Prince

****************

You taught me so many things

Through your music that I

Can never tell you

But I'm telling you now

What a joy it is to listen to you sing

To wail your heart out on guitar

To minutely dissect my emotions

On your piano and a microphone

So many moments of your life

Spoke to so many of mine

Through so many years

I can't thank you enough

For getting me through

The rough spots of youth

For making it cool

To be an outcaste

The one who is misunderstood

The beautifully strange

For those who never

Quite fit in to the status quo

You spoke for us all

And then you continued

The soundtrack for our lives

Certain songs resonated

As we all grew older

Got busy with life

Some got married

Divorced

Raised children

Some had the chance

To have partners

Of their own gender

Some chose not to go

Down the garden path

Some never made it

At all...

But through

Thick and thin,

Joy and pain,

Celebrations

And losses

You were there

Always with new music

Always with the

Everlasting hope

Of seeing you

One more time

In a concert

That felt like

A spiritual revival

And I never went away

Not being uplifted

And fulfilled

For weeks to come

I will miss that

Not having you

Accompany me

And all who loved you

On the rest of the journey

But your work here

Is not yet done...

As long as your music lives

And inspires those who remain

Your legacy will live on...

And not be forgotten.

Thank you, Prince.

I'll be at Paisley Park on May 14th. I may print this out and leave it on a couple tables before the night is over, and hopefully the staff see it the next day and put it in a special place. Very nicely written.

thats very sweet

cc3078 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I couldn't put this in the org artists section...so I'll just leave it here. It isn't a proper poem, but it is heartfelt and the best I can do right now.

................................................................

Simply, For Prince

****************

You taught me so many things

Through your music that I

Can never tell you

But I'm telling you now

What a joy it is to listen to you sing

To wail your heart out on guitar

To minutely dissect my emotions

On your piano and a microphone

So many moments of your life

Spoke to so many of mine

Through so many years

I can't thank you enough

For getting me through

The rough spots of youth

For making it cool

To be an outcaste

The one who is misunderstood

The beautifully strange

For those who never

Quite fit in to the status quo

You spoke for us all

And then you continued

The soundtrack for our lives

Certain songs resonated

As we all grew older

Got busy with life

Some got married

Divorced

Raised children

Some had the chance

To have partners

Of their own gender

Some chose not to go

Down the garden path

Some never made it

At all...

But through

Thick and thin,

Joy and pain,

Celebrations

And losses

You were there

Always with new music

Always with the

Everlasting hope

Of seeing you

One more time

In a concert

That felt like

A spiritual revival

And I never went away

Not being uplifted

And fulfilled

For weeks to come

I will miss that

Not having you

Accompany me

And all who loved you

On the rest of the journey

But your work here

Is not yet done...

As long as your music lives

And inspires those who remain

Your legacy will live on...

And not be forgotten.

Thank you, Prince.

I'll be at Paisley Park on May 14th. I may print this out and leave it on a couple tables before the night is over, and hopefully the staff see it the next day and put it in a special place. Very nicely written.

That is the best compliment I could ever get! Feel free to copy it and share it with a many people as you wish. And thank you all for the wonderful comments. I'm touched that it spoke to people's hearts.

purplethunder3121 said:

cc3078 said:

I'll be at Paisley Park on May 14th. I may print this out and leave it on a couple tables before the night is over, and hopefully the staff see it the next day and put it in a special place. Very nicely written.

That is the best compliment I could ever get! Feel free to copy it and share it with a many people as you wish. And thank you all for the wonderful comments. I'm touched that it spoke to people's hearts.

u did this thang girl....well done.

nursev said:

purplethunder3121 said:

That is the best compliment I could ever get! Feel free to copy it and share it with a many people as you wish. And thank you all for the wonderful comments. I'm touched that it spoke to people's hearts.

u did this thang girl....well done.

It would do my heart good if it ends up at Paisley Park, even though I never got to see P. there.

purplethunder3121 said:

cc3078 said:

I'll be at Paisley Park on May 14th. I may print this out and leave it on a couple tables before the night is over, and hopefully the staff see it the next day and put it in a special place. Very nicely written.

That is the best compliment I could ever get! Feel free to copy it and share it with a many people as you wish. And thank you all for the wonderful comments. I'm touched that it spoke to people's hearts.

My pleasure. If they allow us to take cell phones into Paisley Park that night I'll do my very best to photograph your poem sitting somewhere inside. I'll keep you and everyone here posted...

cc3078 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

That is the best compliment I could ever get! Feel free to copy it and share it with a many people as you wish. And thank you all for the wonderful comments. I'm touched that it spoke to people's hearts.

My pleasure. If they allow us to take cell phones into Paisley Park that night I'll do my very best to photograph your poem sitting somewhere inside. I'll keep you and everyone here posted...

Thank you so much! And please share your experience at Paisley Park. I'm sure so many would like to hear about it.

purplethunder3121 said:

cc3078 said:

My pleasure. If they allow us to take cell phones into Paisley Park that night I'll do my very best to photograph your poem sitting somewhere inside. I'll keep you and everyone here posted...

Thank you so much! And please share your experience at Paisley Park. I'm sure so many would like to hear about it.

You're so very welcome. I'm certain they will at least allow us to take paper into Paisley Park that night so I definitely can get your poem inside and set it down in a few cool places. I promise I will. I'll be at First Avenue also, and can tape a copy next to his star if you'd like. I can definitely get a photo of that for you. If you're curious, here's the link to the Paisley Park event below. I believe it's the first time it's being opened to the public since, well....you know.

Paisley Park - May 14

EyeOfOlympus said:

bluedressed said:

Adore4ever said: