Up Sticks
For My Lovely Lass
The day arrived and all I’d done felt such a waste of time
The thought of starting from a fresh felt everything but fine
Then, forced to gather up my sticks and move them all in haste
What I’d achieved was all in vain, it seemed an awful waste.
I took them to another place and made a brand new pile
The sticks, they didn’t like the move, they suffered every mile
I’d left behind the ones I loved and gone to pastures new
Some didn’t like I’d moved my sticks and one of them was you.
You hated moving sticks so much, protesting postal fashion
You thought my sticks belonged back home, you followed them with passion
You loved my sticks, you missed them and you couldn’t do without
The fact I’d moved my sticks caused us some heartache without doubt.
My pile of sticks kept growing, time flew by, it grew and grew
And the only one still caring for my sticks was lovely you
You had a pile all of your own, it grew as well as mine
We never thought they’d grow so much in such little time.
Time passed by and we both wondered about each other’s fate
Our paths had been decided by our sticks, it was too late
I made the most of what I had, I think that you did too
Your sticks were where I’d left them, mine now in pastures new.
You found yourself a husband, I found myself a wife
We read the vows, exchanged the rings and signed the forms of life
Mortgages and marriage, kids and dogs and work and play
Our sticks became well rooted, getting deeper every day.
Xxxxx.
One evening in the winter while I sat and watched the flames
You came right back into my life, I had you back again!
You asked me how my sticks were and you told me yours were fine
We picked up right where we’d left off, and after all that time...
A quarter of a century of our lives had quickly past
And then, before we knew it, our reunion came at last
A meeting at a cafe’, you were in my arms once more
An emotional embrace and we walked along the shore.
We talked about the old days, we laughed and reminisced
You held my hand, I held you tight, we cuddled and we kissed
It soon became apparent, we weren’t meant to be apart
I’d let my sticks control my fate, I should have used my heart.
I realised that way back then, love stared me in the face
The time was right, and so were you, the problem was the place
My sticks and me, uprooted, and all those years have passed
Depriving me the chance of life with you, my Lovely Lass.
It’s up to us to make the most of what life has in store
Another chapter of our lives, love’s left an open door
A door into another room where we can be alone
Some precious time together before we must go home.
Perhaps one day, when all prevails our sticks will be okay
To leave to their devices and go on their own way
We’ve nurtured them and loved them, our lives we’ve made their own
Our time, my love, is coming soon, the seed is long since sewn.
Our hearts are joined forever now, I crave your warm embrace
My lover, friend and soulmate, you have a special place
My love is yours forever and one day my soul I’ll give
Our love will guide us through our days as long as we shall live.
(2014)
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