LOVE SONG
By Chuck Shorter •
SWELTERING,SUMMER MORNINGS,
DRAB,DREARY AFTERNOONS,
LONELY,LOVELESS NIGHTS,
DAYS OF ENDLESS ENNUI,
MONTHS OF TIRESOME TOIL,
YEARS OF HOPELESS HARDSHIP.
THESE JUST SEEMED A FLEETING INSTANT
THE DAY YOU STOOD BEFORE ME;
LOVELY,
ALLURING,
DELICATE,
YOUTHFUL.
MY HEART HAMMERS
MY PULSE POUNDS.
MY DESIRE DEEPENS.
MY MIND IS FULL OF YOU.
WILL YOU ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME?
ELSE LIKE THOSE OTHER WOMEN,
WILL YOU TOO DRIVE ME BACK;
TO SWELTERING,SUMMER MORNINGS,
DRAB,DREARY AFTERNOONS,
AND LONELY,LOVELESS NIGHTS...?
CHUCK SHORTER