Odessey

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This a song I wrote to a French girl I was in like with back in 1983. She lived in a tall student apartment building--the tower. She indirectly got me into writing poetry.

Where To find the road to you The road that leads me home The home that finds me in your arms again How To see my journey through The journey where I roam I roam the world in search for you 'til then Till then I'll seek The image in my mind The dream that still yet breathes The heart that beats The eyes after her her kind Then I'll face the rising sun The sun that brings new life A life for us to share as one again What Must I do to prove true True to the quest I hold A quest un-vowed, but binding to my heart When The day that I'll find you Find you in my arms, hold Hold you in my arms, never more to part To part ones past Erase the moments lost Replaced with memories shared Which don't exist The past is just a ghost Part A mistake once past made Made then without a choice The choice that split the two halves of our heart Why This odessey to seek To seek the way to to you To you who are just memories in my mind Be It possible to speak To speak again to to you To you for whom I'd give my life to find How To see my journey through The journey where I roam I roam the world in search for you 'til then Where To find the road to you The road that leads me home The home that finds me in your arms again In your arms again

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Robert Lindley

Date: 5/23/2014 10:07:00 PM

Great win my friend, congrats!!

Mark J. Halliday
Date: 5/23/2014 11:25:00 PM

Thanks Robert. This is one of my lost works from back in the 80s.

Skat A

Date: 5/23/2014 9:21:00 PM

Mark, this happens to be one of my favorites on this winning list so far..... SKAT

Mark J. Halliday
Date: 5/23/2014 11:24:00 PM

Thank you. This was something I composed on piano for a songwriting class. It is ironic, because I've played piano for 40 years or so, but most of my songs were composed to guitar. It has a haunting winding melody.

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 5/20/2014 1:08:00 AM

It's a nice take on the theme of the contest. Congrats on the win, Mark

Mark J. Halliday
Date: 5/20/2014 9:34:00 AM

I liked your piece too, but didn't understand part of it. What did you mean by 'line' as used in these two phrases? My destination was not hell so why I line Of course, it was heaven why line again.

Kelly Deschler

Date: 5/18/2014 8:04:00 PM

A great lyrical expression of trying to find your way down the right road. Well done, Mark! Congrats on your win!

Mark J. Halliday
Date: 5/18/2014 11:12:00 PM

Thanks. I actually wrote this song probably in the late 1980s. I think I did it for a song-writing class, where I sang it while playing it on the piano. It fit the theme, so I resurrected it.

Bl Devnath

Date: 5/7/2014 2:00:00 PM

Very nice poem enjoyed filled with heartfelt words. Loved always, my friend, bl