Monique 2

I’d lose so badly
Yet we’d both win
Laughing, tumbling
From dance mat to floor
Forgetting the score
Always wanting more

We’d chase around madly
Through smoke machine din
Hungry, devouring
From stage pole to bar
Back of the car
The future so far…

But we didn’t know. But we didn’t see.
We had no idea that the Fates held scissors eagerly
To every strand an end, to every dawn a dusk
And with a breath you flew away on wings of dust to dust

Fly on, be free
Don’t wait for me
I may be a while…
Take wing and sing
Don’t look back
Don’t see my fading smile

We’d waste away the day
Yet savor every minute
Having, holding
Smiles in sun
In daisies we’d run
Lost in our fun

We’d lose ourselves in night
Our two becoming one
Loving, wanting
To find what we seek
Collapse cheek to cheek
With kisses to speak

But we didn’t know. But we didn’t see.
We had no idea that the Fates held scissors eagerly
To every strand an end, to every dawn a dusk
And with a breath you flew away on wings of dust to dust

Fly on, be free
Don’t wait for me
I may be a while…
Take wing and sing
Don’t look back
Don’t see my fading smile
Through moon and stars
Wherever you are
Remember how we’d laugh
Don’t turn back
To see me sing
Your tearful epitaph.