An Ode to Two Rock Anthems

Purple Rain is my Free Bird

I'd rather hear Prince than Lynyrd Skynyrd.

A soaring rock anthem, a flight through the air,

give me the strange weather pattern

with me standing there.

Purple Rain is my Free Bird,

one in search of a leader,

the other fixed in flight, undeterred.

One a guitar solo and a soothing falsetto,

the other ramps up to a frenetic crescendo.

I could certainly argue the other way

and Free Bird might win on another day

but as I ponder this question

and wish not your disdain.

if given the choice

I'll stand in Purple Rain.

©2014 Chris Rainey