Tag: marriage

Time Lapse

I brush your hair and talk of things
You still remember.
The torch that lit the songs we’d sing
Now just an ember.
I pour the tea
You study me
And wonder why
I still come by.
I dig out photos of the boys
More reminiscing.
Now in a house devoid of noise
Each night you listen.
A vigil kept
While fear has crept
Into a mind
That’s been confined.
Sinatra’s on the radio
And works his magic.
This world which you no longer know
At once, less tragic.
It was our song
You hum along
Then understand
And take my hand

Over, Lord

I bade my love compose an ode

To prove her heart was true

Reciting To Him All Is Owed

She blushed the whole way through.

I bade my love prepare a feast

Befitting of her lord

She cooked for me the finest beast

Her dowry would afford.

I bade my love take out a boat

And clear the moat of trolls

She caught each one and cut its throat

Then stuck their heads on poles.

I bade my love tend to my aches

With liniments and oils

She rid my skin of every flake

And lanced a string of boils.

Then comes a time when passions end

When leaves droop with the frost

I bade my love invite her friend

That’s when she said get lost.