- Hello my love, goodbye my friend,
- Reflection starts at journey's end;
- And jostling, jousting, jouncing words
- compete for air,
- Thrumming, thrusting memory:
- my past laid bare.
- You should have seen me yesterday,
- Laughing, dancing, joking, proud.
- You should have seen my fine display,
- facing out the crowd.
- You should have watched me play the field,
- Watched me flirting, having fun
- You should have seen me drop the shield,
- defences left undone.
- You should have heard me sing my song:
- The crowd was in my thrall.
- You should have heard me, clear and strong,
- but pride before a fall.
- You should have held me, lover boy,
- Lover handsome, lover sweet.
- You should have helped me to enjoy
- an innocent conceit.
- But never mind, but never mind
- The path is long and straight.
- Advance and leave the past behind:
- tomorrows to create
- Goodbye my love, hello my friend,
- Remembrance helps us comprehend.
- The future's shaped by fortune's past,
- by nature's will;
- And as I shape a life anew
- I love you still
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