Click here to hear the poet read his words:
a song
I used to sing
a song to you
it was full of happy words
and you’d join in the chorus
while I la lad the jaunty tune
the words you loved
were all my own
though I stole the melody
from Lenny
who you called Mr Cohen
with a smile
and a knowing wink
you told me
you were a mermaid
so the lyrics danced and splashed
and your voice was like a rainbow
as it caressed
the last refrain
I no longer sing
that song to you
and the words are sad as time
there’s no one to join the chorus
while I la la the lonely tune
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Beautiful images and sore heart.
And a great picture of Mr Cohen.(I like that rhyme ‘own’ and ‘Cohen’!
Thanks, Jenne.
(The rhyme was quite unintentional, and perhaps entirely unmentionable)
Beautiful! …the words, the sentiment.
You are too kind, Katrin, thank you
Lovely
Thanks, Trish