Mark J. Halliday Poet Lyric

Something You Left Behind

I found something of yours you left behind:
Something I did not expect to find.
The sudden surge of memories
Shocked me so hard I couldn't breathe—
It almost knocked me to my knees.
My whole world came undone. 

I found something of yours you left behind:
Something that you wore when you were mine.
You wore it with your wedding gown,
Like a tiara or a crown.
It turned my world all upside down.
You always were “the one”.

I found something of yours you left behind:
Something that my love for you enshrined.
I found it hidden from the light,
That thing you used to wear at night.
That came down when I held you tight,
Back when we were one.

I found something of yours you left behind,
Something that I never wished to find—
'Cause there's no going back, you see,
To times when you were here with me.
You left a painful void in me;
But still life must go on.

I think of what you left behind
And then it came to me:
The saddest thing you left behind
Turned out to be me.

(Chorus )
I thought I'd gotten over you;
But I was wrong, you see.
You don't get over love that's true,
Nor what was meant to be.

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Carolyn Devonshire May 14, 2014 at 6:16 AM Dear Mark, I am all too familiar with the "painful void" you describe so eloquently. Especially love the words: "The saddest thing you left behind turned out to be me." Indeed, these feelings never seem to fade, even though people claim time heals. There is always a lingering loneliness that plagues us. Awesome write! Carolyn Mark J. Halliday May 14, 2014 at 9:40 AM Thank you for commenting. This song was musically inspired by the love theme to the film The Sandpipers, called The Shadow Of Your Smile. I took the melody and added new sad words, then later changed the melody into something like a tango. Reminds me a bit of the Abba song Winner Takes It All. It is not autobiographical for me though,

Poet Destroyer A May 13, 2014 at 9:26 PM Hi Mark... Nice seeing your poem featured on the poetry soups home page. Always & Forever ~LINDA~ Mark J. Halliday May 14, 2014 at 12:15 AM Thank you. I was hoping this one would be featured. It is one of my best lyrics, and it has an interesting jazzy/ tango-ish/bossa-nova-ish accompaniment which is fun to play on guitar, bass guitar, and keyboards.

Dr.Ram Mehta May 13, 2014 at 6:10 AM Congratulations on your poem being featured this week, Mark Mark J. Halliday May 13, 2014 at 9:28 AM Thankyou. Musically, this is one of my best songs. It is fun to play on all the instruments I use.

Doris Jamoner May 12, 2014 at 12:06 PM awhhh this poem really break my heart and made my eyes wanna shed tears.. So sad yet so beautiful... Mark J. Halliday May 12, 2014 at 12:25 PM Thank you for commenting. This is a song I wrote last year, and am recording. It sounds a little like a European style tango, even with accordion flourishes. I hope you hear it on youtube someday.

Robert Johnson May 5, 2014 at 6:52 PM She left behind a love so true. A kind of love she never knew. The world keeps turning round and round. But a love like that just can't be found. Lost love. UHG! Mark J. Halliday September 3, 2022 at 7:05 PM I apologize for not commenting back to you before. I just didn't see it. Was that quote from something yo u wrote? It's pretty.