Lycia Harding Poet Lyric

Pastel Reflections - Lyrics

They were seventeen,
barely out of high school.
Yet they shared a love that was as 
ancient as the sky

This king and his queen,
to be kept apart by no mans rule, 
made plans to meet and marry nearby

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"I will come to you, my Love"
is what she said to him,
"and you must promise you'll wait until I do"

"Meet me at the gate, my Love
and if you'll take my hand,
heaven will be next for me and you"
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He went to the East,
leaving her to worry.
When his tour was done, he was sent home 
a broken man

She could find no peace
until she got word he was to come 
by chartered plane back from Iran

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"I can hardly wait, my Love,
to look into your eyes first hand.
Until you're home safe, I won't believe it's true""

"Meet me at the gate, my Love,
and just as we have always planned, 
heaven will be next for me and you"
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While she waited there,
She heard the announcement.
There had been a storm, his plane had gone 
into the bay

She fell in despair,
whisp'ring as her light was slowly spent.
These are the last words she would say: 

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"I can't let you go, 
I am coming too.
Meet me at the gate...
Heaven will be next for me and you"

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Poet Destroyer A July 14, 2015 at 1:56 AM Lycia, Congrats on your "Pastel Reflection Win." always ~LINDA~ Lycia Harding July 14, 2015 at 4:44 AM Thank you, PD. And thank you so much for your awesome words of support, they mean a lot to me. xoxo

Kp Nunez July 13, 2015 at 12:30 AM Congrats Lycia! So happy to see both of our names in the winner's list! Yay! hugs! :-) Lycia Harding July 14, 2015 at 4:43 AM Congrats and hugz to you, my dear. Keep those poems and lyrics comin! xoxo

Skat A July 12, 2015 at 9:14 PM Lycia, congratulations on your Pastel Reflections win. SKAT LOVE Lycia Harding July 14, 2015 at 4:42 AM Thank you, SKAT! xoxo

Jan Allison July 12, 2015 at 12:45 PM A beautiful but sad story many congrats on your win:-) Hugs jan x Lycia Harding July 17, 2015 at 3:16 PM PS - You're next in line on 'LyLy's Lucky Limerick List' Lycia Harding July 17, 2015 at 3:14 PM Oooh - didn't see this comment... Thank you, Jan! xoxoxo

Lycia Harding July 1, 2015 at 3:49 PM You guys are so supportive. I'm really getting a lot out of interacting on this site. Thank you!

Kp Nunez July 1, 2015 at 10:31 AM Very nice, Lycia. Such a skillful way you've written this one. The melody does inspire sad story, doesn't it? Awkward for a happy one. Been trying some angles, still haven't decided. Meanwhile, went for humor and short poems instead. :-) Lycia Harding July 1, 2015 at 3:54 PM Kim, I'm beginning to recognize and know you for your clever style, I think it would be cool to hear that against this melody. Try it!