We Almost Wrote a Poem
She bit her lips and stretched her legsand reached up for a cigarette'Japan smokes more than we do here--a smaller land - That's Chas, I bet'The phone in hand she laughed a bit,concluded talking, took a sipof chocolate coffee, smeared a creamof Aloe Vera on her lip...and said, 'Let's write a poem.Let's write a poem, a simple leiof better times and better days,of people that we knew back when,of distant places, distant friends.'
'Of future plans and hoped-for days,'I said, 'Or how about the waysthey screw us when we're down and out,or how we'll make it, how abouta simple day with friends?''You and I remember well,Cer, look at us, together still.You know the stories well as I do--I think I'm ready for a refill.'
Pen in hand and coffee cupWe talked and thought and drank it upAnd tho' the poem was amissit's fun to talk and reminisceand share another cup.
Lo! How the grass doeth softly layupon yon pleasant hillAnd list to the notes more furiousthat lights the flowing rillHow happy doeth the songbird singmore bright than violetsAnd glory to the lover playingon his mandolin
Lo! How the grass doeth meekly bendupon yon shaded hillAgainst the storm more gloriousthan rainbowed fields tilledO! Happy are the sunlit beamsthat break through clouded skiesHow happy are the lovers twoWith love-light in their eyes
Lo! How the storm doeth presently fadefrom out yon glistening valeBehold with raptly joy-filled eyethe rainbow that endeth the galeHow brightly doeth the songbird callit's echoes o'er the rillAnd wand'ring in their innocenceThe Lovers on the Hill
Forget the trials of your lifeand be my friend and walk with meShare joys unknown in daily strifeAnd drink the wine, SerenityLeave all the tasks that drain your mindand ramble where the flower growsLeave, just this once, the daily grindAnd stop to smell a rose
The gusty winds carry my kiteAscending the limits of stringContented, I watch as it dances on highIn the pause of the moment, I dream
He walks up beside me, I hand him my kiteAnd he's caught in the moment of playHe tugs it, he spins it, it dives and it soarsAnd I fear it will break, fly away!
The gusty winds calling me backAnd I knew I just dreamed he was thereHe was gone - winds of love that had stolen my kiteand it looked like my heart in the air