Lay, Lady, Lay

Come, loved one... stay sunlit grand
Let birdsongs from those lips croon to me,
Of radiant morns holding your blooms
And leaves aglow winging carefree ,
These lustrous scenes...gifts of revelry.

Lady, Lay...endow air with languid tunes
These hands brimming with flowers
While charmed presence speak of magic ...
Your enchantment flaming my hours
Till cloudscape  fondle us with late showers.

All through seasons, dance me tenderly
Dare not vanish, trail off, or depart;
These springtime dreams are nestled
All through weaves of my mesmerized heart,
Awaiting your bridal nod ...from the start.

Then when  life's greyish clouds billow
Tousling remnants of our younger days--
Will you caress  and  shake off my tears ?
I'll race us  into old twilight's  grace
If only to meet our  lasting embrace.

devotionloverhyme

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Oliver Mckeithan

Date: 6/19/2025 7:25:00 PM

Congrats on your placement in my contest Nette. Well done. One of my favorite songs.

CayCay Jennings

Date: 6/15/2025 12:07:00 AM

I wish I'd thought of this, for some I've never attributed this album to Dylan, I don't know who I thought it was, but not him. All that I think of while Bob Dylan thinking is something 'blah, blah Siamese cat' and 'everybody must get stoned'. Liked his poetry, not his sound, and the dude never looked happy to me, but he sure did the thing for many. You did a great job, Nette. Poetry hugs ... CayCay

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/2/2025 6:47:00 PM

so beautiful, Nette. Love that song choice too. Soupmail for ya.

Quoth Theraven

Date: 5/29/2025 7:49:00 PM

Hi Nette, Practically left floating to such a nice place in this. "I'll race us into old twilight's grace // If only to meet our lasting embrace." Do you know this song by Bob Dylan? I didn't recognize it as one of his tunes when it played on the radio. Such a different and haunting sound recorded several years after his motorcycle accident and injury. I'm glad he stayed around. -Richard