6 April 2013 – THROUGH THE EYES OF A POET'S HEART

I got a woman,
an alternative girlfriend
with the devil in her heart
That’s the ticket, to ride that train,
All you need is love.

On those San Franciscan nights
I found myself falling for the first time.
Thank the lord for the night time!
Nod your head if you agree
All my loving is free!

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My “Beatles” iTouch provided this list of songs for MIZ QUICKLY’S IMPROMPTU POETRY – DAY 6 – Song Titles Scramble
I Got a Woman – RayCharles, Alternative Girlfriend – Barenaked Ladies,
Devil in Her Heart – Beatles, Ticket to Ride – Beatles, All You Need is Love – Beatles, San Franciscan Nights – Animals, Falling For the First Time – Barenaked Ladies, Thank the Lord For the Night Time – Neil Diamond, Nod Your Head – Paul McCartney, All My Loving – Beatles

(The Last Time I Held Her)

She was skin and bones, frail
as all skeletal remains become,
with every last breath of life
still sticking to her ribs. Every
exhale came with the burdened
anticipation of the next deep gasp.
Her eyes, a vacuous stare, looking
through me and seeing nothing but
a chance to finally go home to her rest.
Well past the need for words; or the
ability to express the same. Her face
contorted with each painful smile,
pleads in silence for one last embrace.
Wrapping my arms under her absence,
closing around her distance; squeezing
through my need to feel something,
only to fail miserably. A flame, extinguished
well before the light in her eyes had dimmed.
And I stood in her darkness, clinging
to the shadow of her and any lasting
memory that she had left me.
The last time that I held her
was my last goodbye.