Poetry with Elvis (Poem)

And finally, our prompt for the day comes to us by way of The Line Break’s Tom Holmes. Write a poem inspired by the song that was #1 on the day that you were born.


Note: I picked the UK chart #1 song, 'cause it's an Elvis song, specifically Way Down.


Baby, you are getting so close,
The lights are all going out;
I can hear you breathing
And my resistance is in doubt.
I can feel it now, way down,
I can feel it now, it's a tidal wave,
I can feel it now and the fire blazes.


My head is still reeling
From your witch's spell
Your magic touch
Like a spinning carousel
Your love is a prescription a doctor wouldn't recommend.


I can feel it now, where the music plays.
I can feel it now, in so many ways.
The tsunami comes and the fire burns again
I can feel it now, it's becoming a trend.


Hold me again
As tight as you dare;
I need you right now
So let's go there together.


The original lyrics for comparison:


Babe, you're getting closer
The lights are goin' dim
The sound of your breathin'
Has made the mood I'm in
All of my resistance
Is lying on the floor
Taking me to places
I've never been before

Ooh, and I can feel it,
Feel it, feel it, feel it

Way down where the music plays
Way down like a tidal wave
Way down where the fires blaze
Way down, down, way, way on down

Ooh, my head is spinnin'
You got me in your spell,
A hundred magic fingers
On a whirling carousel
The medicine within me
No doctor could prescribe
Your love is doing something
That I just can't describe

Ooh, and I can feel it,
Feel it, feel it, feel it

Way down where the music plays
Way down like a tidal wave
Way down where the fires blaze
Way down, down, way, way on down

Hold me again,
Tight as you can
I need you so,
Baby, let's go

Way down where it feels so good
Way down where I hoped it would
Way down where I never could
Way down, down, way, way on down