Jay Yanni

We danced drunk that night
An awkward dance for our height!
I just held her close real tight
We barely moved a step or two
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She danced that night in circles round
At her brother's wedding,
And friends from out of town
I stood there watching from the edge
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At the dorm
back from windy roads
Endless lands
And waters icy cold
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Like the tide you come to me
Only to go back to your depths
Leaving me a fool
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And so they say it is your roots
and you ought to know where you come from
Why I wondered in vain
And years later I now realize
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What is it that makes you long;
for the wild?
To belong to the wild
And then I realised in my travels
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Away from her I know
How miserable I feel
How this heart aches
for another glimpse
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If only time and distance
would vanish
My thoughts obsessed
My mind in turmoil
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Outside my door
the wind lashes
and thunder roars
the sight of monsoon
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I decided to make you mine
To say whats been
until now unsaid
But I don't! Why?
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Should I tell her now
and be at peace with my mind
for there is nothing to lose
save only her
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I sit here musing
from my one room window
hoping it would rain
making my travel plans
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