Heartbreak Town Poem by Danny The Dreamer Boyd

At the road where slowly sets the sun,
And towards the sea it doth drown;
Darkness dwells when the day is done:
I glimpsed then there the outskirts of a town.

I walked towards its wooden gate,
And wished that there somebody would be;
Yet all the walls were just in slate,
With all black bricks that did seem blurry.

Like a wandering gypsy for help I cried:
Then the gate opened wide, and there were plenty,
Hence jumped my heart and myself beside,
And thought that this is where I find me!

Yet all the pleasure that was there,
Couldn't help but me confuse!
In heaven was I, and I could swear;
And damned if I such bliss refuse.

I was sure love lied somewhere:
Thence on this dream I sat my eyes;
And so I wandered far for fair,
Then found love doth of all arise!

And I was purged from my despair:
When I such joy all around could see;
I once faced sin then did forbear:
And now my soul's set finally free.

I looked far forth and there a muse,
Lied in grief that pain entwined;
'Blind, insane! ' I did her accuse,
'How could you not such happiness find? '

'I've lost much and got nothing more to lose:
When I to the brown my blood did bind.'
And then she me did disabuse:
When she showed me how her world declined!

She once did love all what's around,
So deep it almost led to her demise:
And did her heart for all impound,
And did destroy her joy likewise.

She slapped me hard and then she said,
'O Wanderer! watch out for excess!
So many have dreamt and are now dead:
Of too much love and perfectness.'

I said, 'Of such there never could be so much! '
'Fool you are to think such a thing! '
'Even if, still I love do clutch! '
'All what brings joy too doth sadness bring! '

I screamed, 'No! ' and away I ran,
I sought and found such fate refined;
Yet when I did her words scan:
It led me to lose my peace of mind.

I wish I could the present contemplate,
Forget the future, and leave the past behind!
I wished but it's not yet too late!
I wished that she'd not my tale divined!

Then the sun rose right up again:
When I a lie just did turn down,
And left behind such a beautiful den,
Of happiness entrapped in a Heartbreak Town!