Looking Back

                   LOOKING  BACK

                       ..ly holy holy

I popped a little pill that was bigger than the world

And watched in wonder as another one unfurled

Then God or the Devil called enticingly

“Come follow Me and I’ll set you free,”

But I knew I couldn’t tell, heaven from hell

Unless I took my head from inside the little pill.

                      Lord God  

Took a ride again on a motorsickle

Mowed down the cruisers driving in a trickle

But the thrill had gone

So I came back home

And wondered and wondered

Where  the magic had gone.

                     Almighty who 

I listened to the band

With strings in their hands,

They had pixies for singers,

And bells on their fingers.

In and out of tune came an incredible song

But I wondered where the magic had gone.

                    Was and

I remembered the fire of our romance

That lit the secret steps of our dance

But the narrow road that I have traced

Has removed the memory of your face

Though I searched hard and long

I found the magic, the magic has gone.

                     Is and is

I followed your star up the mountain road

I lived in a land where milk and honey flowed

But I looked back down abandoned ways

To recall the magic of halcyon days

But if they were its home it has long since flown

And I’m lonely and cold for your presence has gone.

                  To come  ho…if…         

                                                      WILF O9 08