She bad dreamin … she must be— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
life can’t be so bad
she’s cryin everyday and getting thinner
I think she could lose it
and not think her life worth the pain anymore.
What is it that love unbinds in us
that only love can fix again…
She’s unraveling…her cheekbones and fingers
bear witness to it
her love has flown away
and now there’s nothing but the days
she waits for my return
and she won’t let it end
she tears her heart out again and again
to pass each aching day
and when I hold her and feel the pain
nothing eases…nothing goes away
she tries so hard not to say it
she tries to accept it my way
but she can’t stand it
and she drives me farther away
I can keep Danny and become celibate
but I can’t give my life away to the old ‘us’
its mine, but she can’t deal with it that way
her pain cuts deeper day by day
I feel it…Danny feels it
Rose’s heart is breaking…
what can I say… what can I say….
gallagher
apr 30, 78
Archive for the ‘People’ Category
1978-04-30
Sunday, April 30th, 19781978-05-08
Monday, May 8th, 1978Cast in confusion, the afternoon’s illusion— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
gives way to the rest of my days
small window in time, this hour and rhythm
how easily lost our our lives
Kathy and Rose and Nichols…how it grows
the afternoon sun warmed over all
but its an empty gut feel
its too thin or too real
and the afternoon cries at my eyes
Come clearer my life, let me see let me feel
I need something to hold that is real
flesh is weak, hearts are frail
work’s a trap…ego’s jail
and I’m left with nothing but old Sol
The bench was warm, the sun felt good
I’d wanted love but our hearts were wood
I thought I’d swore
I’d never need anyone
The afternoon won’t relent (recant)
work waits inside though passion’s spent
but Sol has the answer to my tears,
let me lie ‘beneath your hand
press the earth…motherland
and let it all, let it all, fade away….
gallagher
8 may 78
1978-05-10 Mothers day – to Rose on parting
Wednesday, May 10th, 1978Mother’s day – to Rose on parting— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Its all different, you got your life, I’ve got mine
we’ve been together a long time
I can’t claim to understand how
the years have come to wash us away.
You’ve got your feelings and I’ve got mine
I loved you, Baby, and it sure was fine
and nothing coming, nothing but death
can wash this from my mind
But these turning tides of our lives are running
it brings pain and concern for our son and
every moment’s another one gone
and I feel it all slipping away.
You’ll take you lovers and you’ll find your way
and your hidden dreams will find the light of day
and we’ll never know all the reasons
that our love…turned out this way.
So I’m going to leave, and remember your face
and all the years of love, on my heart you traced
it makes me want to cry to think
that you might think it all a waste
The full moon of our new life’s rising
and we’re bound to part on this future horizon
so go, my love, … go
and remember me, … when you can.
gallagher
10 may, 78