COSMIC LIGHTNING ROD
Those icy potholed city streets
You wandered solely
Each step deadening your heartbeats
Killing you slowly

They led you to a country lane
There you found a pub
And to a love you can't explain
Spokes linking a hub

There's magic in his metal strings
That tears your world apart
Old standards he sweetly sings
Pierce like Cupid's dart

Those syrupy Virginia tones
Learned in the mountains
Comfort your New York City bones
Like sun-drenched fountains

His misty maudlin drunken eyes
Relate his true love
And when he whispers silly lies
You coo like a dove

How did you live so long without
Your own Danny Boy?
Whose music makes you twist and shout
Overflowing joy

Through him God shows His extra care
Art is sharing God
This kid just has more God to share
Cosmic lightning rod
© 2000 by Michael J. Farrand