Tuesday, October 14, 2008

A Lament



My baby’s gone away and left me sore
For she’s the only one that I adore
And all that I can do is close my eyes
And dream of her beneath the auburn skies

One night as I lay wretched and bereft
She came and kissed me twice and then she left
And sad to find her gone when morning flew
I wondered if she dreamt about me too

Deep inside I feel so very torn
For a true love once conceived was never born
But maybe in my dreams she’ll come again
And with a kiss she’ll take away this pain

Mine eyes are waxing dry
From all the times I’ve cried
My heart has sunk a fathom deep from sorrow
Suffice it just to say
I pine for you each day
Oh, won’t you come on home to me tomorrow?



-J. Thadeus Richie


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