FREDDIE MERCURY

dropped to the sidewalk, crumpled there,
a big house left behind, the things you loved,
antiques stashed with an insatiable need,
grown unfamiliar, floating in air.

Few ever have your dynamic,
rock operatics, projecting on stage
with the theatrical vivacity
of a hybridized Jagger/Nijinsky.

Such generosity right to the end,
not making death into a public scar,
but privately withdrawing, shutting out
the paparazzi, living with the fear

until it becomes the oddest of friends,
the irreconcilable as it leads
the way through the last tunnel into light,
or so we hope, although we'll never hear

if it's all right with you, we'll never hear.
And what you leave us as a legacy
is less disposable than you preferred,
a vocal imprint, its diversity

anticipating, creating a genre
where others follow. It's a London night,
no car collects you, you come a last time
to face a window and dip out of a sight.

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Billy Squier wrote this song (but it sounds like a poem, doesn't it?) the day after Freddie had passed away. I think all of you know who Billy Squier is, however, if you want to visit his website click here

Billy Squier

I HAVE WATCHED YOU FLY

I have watched you fly... and I have shared your freedom...
can't believe my eyes - can it be it's over now...
I can't say goodbye to all those dreams we started...
'cause I have watched you fly... I want you back where you
belong

Why... you could never be too careful with your life...
always reaching out for something...
life... one lonely chance to touch the stars so high...
did you risk it all for nothing?

we have some so far... but is the cost too step?
to give up everything... everything you wanted.

I have watched you fly... and I have shared your struggle
and somewhere down inside, I know your love will keep me strong
you have lost your heart, but you have shown your courage
and I will do my part to make it right when you are gone

time... fly, fly on.........................