I Was Going To

I wanted to show you things I don't bring to your house
An ever moving ocean and all it's moving bowels
An enterance of an ocean that no longer exists
How it works and how it no longer lifts
I wanted to show you the yulk of it all
Then spend an emotion shopping at my mall
I was waiting for you to visit them all
The window at Orlando the magic of my gifts
How well I speak Latin to the Gargoyle on call
The flip of a wand and an ancient song going on
Time I saved for you and I really was wrong
The time I saved for you dear now all gone
I wanted to show the parks
And what I did that saved sparks
I wanted to fly over the mountians that I climbed once more
Then show you what I did with it when we tore down the wall
But I guess none of that matters what all I did
If you knew what you were calling me there
You would never need me here to ever go there
And you would put what ever you had left of me over on the shelf

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 1/18/2015 8:29:00 AM
This is very touching and sad, Ruth. So much promise gone to waste! So much on offer, and yet.....the heart aches. // paul
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