Saturday Night Poem by jim hogg

There was a light in your eyes that night
Outside the sun slipped out of sight
And your suitors were circling on the stairs
To the strains of the Bay City Rollers

You nodded to me and I crossed the floor
While they stopped to watch us from the door
As you looked me straight in the eye
With no façade, and no disguise

And we danced on into the night
With the full moon on the rise outside
It was nineteen seventy one
And Saturday night would soon be gone

And hand in hand we walked to your door
Where we stood 'til it was almost four
And I held you close and you held me so tight
‘Til the sun brought the first rays of morning

We met once more down on Hamilton Road
Where I kissed your lips and let you go
As you looked me straight in the eye
With no facade and no goodbye

And we danced on into our lives
With the full moon on the rise outside
Far from nineteen seventy one
when Saturday night was too soon gone

And now when I pass the old Town Hall
I wonder if you can still recall
The full moon high in that summer sky
And the light of love in my eyes

Now we dance on into our lives
With the full moon on the rise outside
And we dream of days too long gone
When Saturday night went on and on


2006