Press play and let the emotional music wash over you, as you slowly read. Salute.
(A lone voice whispers)
I hope your life is now just a false reality
Especially now
As you choose this our first anniversary
To abandon me
It's only been a week in here and you've once again
Left me
Like a lost lonely castaway
I just can't keep saying to the swirling shadows
I'll be okay
No matter what others watching may say
As I walk alone on this old road some call
Loves Broken Highways
Where lonely souls wander in here to play
When all their wishes
Have upped and flown away
Does your life now scream as it sings
Like the 3 Degrees
As you put up new photographs for others
In The Great In-Between to see
For them to then ask why you abandoned me
I keep saying to myself
I'll be okay
If only I can conquer being alone
On my 84th birthday
I saw all the familiar signs but still inside
My heart still pined
I just hope even though your life may seem like a false reality
You eventually find happiness and some form of tranquillity
Even though you chose this winter
To abandon me
Maybe one day you'll finally see
There's no one else you'll ever meet like me
Even in this cast of stars
Who roam in the grey shadows
Of this Great In-Between
Maybe that's why this year
I'll need to just walk away and finally leave you crying behind me
Shedding so many sad tears
In the distance
As I look for a new lover in here and a unique happier existence
And if your life turns out to be a complete joke and a sad reality
Remember
It was you who chose this winter
To abandon me
With nowhere to stay
And I just can't keep saying
I'll be okay
No matter what others say
As I walk alone down loves broken highways
I'll just have to find a new altar which to pray upon
You'll see
I don't want to end up like Cleopatra
I just hope I find a new lover to carry me through every day
Even this winter
One that doesn't cheat but cherishes me and stays
Copyright John Duffy
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