Momentous

Each song rips another memory
From my frantic brain.
Good memories,
Not so good memories.
I love them all
And welcome them again.
Surely one thousand times
I’ve heard this tune
And every time it’s the same
Lost weekend in Noosa;
6 bottles of Azure Bay,
Quarter ounce,
Your willing body,
Extension speakers on
The Sony Discman.
Ooooo.
Here comes that other sunny day,
Just last August;
You said yes.
Light flashes from the stage.
The fender reflection
Snaps me to
A current reality.

“ And if you want to be alone
Someone to share a laugh
Whatever you want me to
All you got to do is ask” *

I can see it in the crowd,
I’m not the only one
Whose past is being sung.
Same music,
Same words;
Just different memories.
One thousand lovers.
One thousand tears.
On thousand questions.
All in one song.                           * Joan Armatrading – from the album “Show some emotion”

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