Archive for the ‘Helen O.’ Category

1978-08-29

Tuesday, August 29th, 1978

Love’s confusing…its an overload dream
I’ve got too many feelings and I don’t know what they mean
quicksilver lady, i cannot pin her down
quicksilver lady, her presence is a dream
my easy drifting is gone without a trace
our lover’s dancing all other time’s erased
I’ve got to focus…I feel this more each day
love should have its moments, but life’s the game I’d play
come then, tell her… let her stay or slip away
these days, so full of essences, to me just steps along my way
I love this lady…she’s more mirror than I’ve seen
but more than soft and easy…she’s a lover’s tangled dream.

gallagher
aug 29, 78

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1978-08-29

Tuesday, August 29th, 1978
         To: Dennis Gallagher
         So much to tell you
         Dear Diary
         And yet --- My life runs in circles
         and spirals
         Sometimes forwards
         Sometimes at a standstill
         OH TIME: tell me
         Is it yet?
         Is he the ONE
         With whom I can settle?
         Put down more roots?
         Here is a woman
         Vital and loving
         Who will want her children?
         To spend TIME with.
         The gamble is the mystery
         and the solution is
               LIFE
                     Helen O'flarety
                     29 aug, 78

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1978-08-30

Wednesday, August 30th, 1978

Ever more cryptic this grows
“We entertain each other” and
“I’ll do it all”.

The girl’s so complex in her thoughts
I cannot find my place
she’s got a dowery, she wants a man
she craves understanding, her words are soft as sand
she dances blindly and poses if she can
she speaks directly but never touches land

The process passes understanding,
resolve it if you can…

I wait a sign from her,
uncertain where I stand
the decisions are all interlocked
shall I sit or shall I stand?

gallagher
aug 30, 78

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —