Maggie's Gate Poem by jim hogg

One long and tender kiss, love,
Before I watched you go
And closed the door behind you then,
A thousand years ago
But some times I taste your lips on mine,
As clear as yesterday
Your jet hair blowing in the wind,
With all that slipped away

There's no undoing choices made
Or time that's too soon gone
I can't restore the old swing tree
Our love was carved upon
Were we lost in hopeless fantasy
Or just two star-crossed fools
The table tennis king and queen
Of our new village school

I stop outside your old house
And first love comes to mind
A beautiful deception meant
To further humankind
But whatever lies behind love,
It hardly matters now
You're out of reach forever
Behind a sacred vow

No moon is out tonight, love,
The stars are glowing white
A lifetime on from Maggie's Gate,
I'm there alone tonight
To say goodbye to you
And all the things that might have been:
That crazy dream that someday
It might all be real again.

Oh the winding lanes of Inch
And the things that haven't changed
Awaken every memory
And remind me once again
Of gentler times and innocence
And all the promise of our youth
And how much I would trade
For just one moment of that truth

2006