"Janis Joplin" Painting by Judy Joy Jones
c jj 2008


My Cinderella Dreams
  by judy joy jones

im driven by fears
of a raging virus
hell bent 
on destroying lives 
hopes and dreams

this virus is 
a black evil force 
going against all life

as we strive 
to be somebody
and leave 
the future
a better place
for the newborn 
spirits on their way

i name this virus
hell and heaven 
an all the inbetween

its awakened me 
from my
cinderella dreams
and i despise it with every fiber of my being

we watch listen 
wear our masks 
like martyrs
forcin a smile 
helplessly afraid 
the person next to us 
is sick 
or even worse 
we're sick
infected with a disease 
hell bent on destroying 
our lives

while we in our 
utter humaness 
try to understand
that this friggin breath may be our last

No No No 
i scream
it wont be my last
i will fight 
kicking and screaming
for every breath

i weep tears of blood for my fellow brothers and sisters
and shout

KEEP FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMS

they are life 
they are miracles
your dreams are why
you were born

no virus 
can take our dreams
no virus can kill
our need to love
and to be loved

this bloody virus 
cannot and will not 
take our desires 
to climb to the highest mountain tops

i hate this virus
and all the fears
it brings

i am on the path 
up the steepest mountain
its the mountain 
of my life

im fighting for my life 
and that mountains top 
is waitin for me
yeah sweet baby
its waitin

an when i reach the top
i will dance sing
an shout
i am bigger then  
all the viruses
in the world
my spirit will never ever die

i am bigger then
all the fears
cause you see
i was told by spirit long ago
i was created
for great things
and i believed it

oh yeah i friggin
believed it

and i set out 
to open my soul 
layin it bare
to share with all
the beauty i see
in you and me

ill meet you on the  mountains peak 
an together we will 
hug one another 
and celebrate 
our being alive 

laughing hugging crying rollin on the ground
living each second 1000% as if
it were our last

virus go take a hike
you will not 
get me 

mountain tops
beckon my
well worn soul
and i will climb them

i will climb them

c jj 2020