Now, You Come Here Poem by Peter S. Quinn

Now you come here
With your smiles
And lips to steer
My thoughtful whiles
The footsteps long
Turned into forgetfulness
Of its lonely song
And doldrums of regretfulness

Each move you make
That gives time real
Will counter up wake
And make me feel
Like this and that
This departed long ago
Emotions like a diplomat
That nowhere now show

Now you come here
With your smiles
And lips to steer
My thoughtful whiles

Now you come here
But the inside's moved out
Our love is light year
From where it was once about
Nothing more to outlay
Only to show remorse
Lonely tunes to play
Off their right course

There is no time - for another mistake
The stakes are too high for ache



(A jazz pop song written in the spirit of John Legend…)