A Song I Remember Well
" Like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down. "
These lyrics I sing over and over as my favorite song;
I remember it well, because it suddenly revives
the voice of mother which asked for my sacrifice,
to help her when dad left home never to return...
O father, you hurt the pride of your only son!
How could I not have been effected by the wrong
that you deliberately caused her without resentment and scorn...
wasting all for an unworthy mistress with mundane flare and lustful eyes?
O father, your infatuation turned into greed and madness,
not reminiscing the laughs of those who loved you when your heart was blessed!
The 45 vinyl record slowly spins as Simon & Garfunkel sing it with resonant voices...
and it makes me cry, but happy to have been lifted-up by their inspiring words!
" Bridge Over Troubled Water "
by Simon & Garfunkel
Copyright © Andrew Crisci | Year Posted 2011
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