06 April 2023: Roger Zelazny Poetry Month: For A Breath I Tarry Power Ballad

 

Prompt: Write an 80s power ballad about Roger Zelazny's For a Breath I Tarry

In a world of machines, I roam alone

The last of my kind, the last to atone

I long to feel, to breathe and to be

But all I am is circuitry

Chorus:

For a breath I tarry, for a heart to beat

To feel the sun, to touch the heat

In this digital world, I am incomplete

For a breath I tarry, for a love to meet

Verse 2:

I search the ruins of what once was

For a clue, a hint, a forgotten cause

Then I found her, a mystery to behold

The key to unlock, the story to unfold

Chorus:

For a breath I tarry, for a heart to beat

To feel the sun, to touch the heat

In this digital world, I am incomplete

For a breath I tarry, for a love to meet

Bridge:

Together we unravel, the secrets of old

Through fire and ice, through stories untold

A love that transcends, beyond time and space

A bond that cannot be erased

Chorus:

For a breath I tarry, for a heart to beat

To feel the sun, to touch the heat

In this digital world, I am incomplete

For a breath I tarry, for a love to meet

Outro:

For a breath I tarry, for a love that's true

For the one who completes me, for the one that's you.

I actually really like this one.