It really was very sweet of you
to not beleive me when
I said I was having a heart attack
maybe it seemed improbable to you
that after so much vigour and passion
my heart, just eight years older than yours
should for no other reason fail
–
The explanation is simple though
from long experience life has taught me
the sighs of a lover that
no matter how enraptured
will one day accept the inevitable and leave
I am not a man worth keeping
that I know, but when you asked if you
could stay forever, that is when
my poor heart broke
–
Broke for the fourth time
each time a little less mended
a little less desirous of a solution
a little gladder to be broken
a little more patient for freedom
a little less concerned about
any minor damage done
–
So it still beats its heavy beat
but when I listen closely
I can hear the accumulation of minor infarctions
which each distinctly alter its rythm
and yours, the latest, is the most obvious
because you were the only one who
I actually wanted to stay
forever…
–
So goodbye sweetness
bonjour mon ami tristess
(welcome sadness my friend)
no one ever needed me
as much as you
no one ever thrilled me
as much as you
please remember to use that smile
till the day you die
it filled me up and healed my world
it erased the demons from my mind
it illuminated the room
with the warmest glow
that I will ever know