Monthly Archives: March 2022

love

love first loveis exactly thatthe first time everanyone has lovedlike you do forgetRomeo and JulietAnthony and Cleopatraeven Homer and Margethis is the real thing and when it endsso does the world last loveis very differentyou knowit’s been done beforeby youand … Continue reading

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high plateau

high plateau I was happy on the high plateauwhere the sun shone every dayin a blue and cloudless skyand there were wild flowers and butterfliesand rabbits and birds that sweetly sangand I knewI had found Paradise then one day I … Continue reading

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a song

a song I used to singa song to youit was full of happy wordsand you’d join in the choruswhile I la lad the jaunty tune the words you lovedwere all my ownthough I stole the melodyfrom Lennywho you called Mr … Continue reading

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you were here

you were here you were herelong ago I rememberhow I worshipped youand you hurt meso many timesbefore you left you were hereonce again so I did everything you askedand moretrying to anticipateyour wants and needstrying to make you happytryingand failing … Continue reading

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