Poem to Re-Write Into a Song (original)

I joke and laugh to keep from crying
I try to smile to keep from dying
It doesn't work, though. I'm still blue
Over the haunting absence of you
I feel you stronger now than ever
Guess I wasn't very clever
Thought I could move on, forget
But it just leads to more regret
I'm here missing you
I'm lonely and blue
I've held you in my heart
From he very start
The jasmine scent is strong
And though I've done things wrong
I hope that you'll forgive
One day so we'll live
Being loving friends
'Cause I'll love you to the end
Don't care what others say
They're only in the way
Of what both our hearts know
And the love to you I'd show


Copyright © 2009 Cal Jennings