Someday Poem by Jack Kennedy

Someday..my hands will cover your hands
in a protective, nurturing way as I listen
attentively to your words....

Someday..I'll feel the taste of salt on my lips
from brushing away the single tear you allowed to fall
Someday, you'll know my heart as we share our thoughts
Someday. in that special place..... we'll talk about it all.

Someday, we'll talk about reasons, conflicts and pride,
Someday we'll describe pain, regret and remorse.
Someday..... Success, failure and fate will be on the table
A single tear will fall, It portends the deluge that
is behind my crumbling wall.

Someday, it would be good to hear and special to see
but alas, that kind of 'someday', may also never be.
Someday, we'll laugh so loud that strangers will stare.
You'll say 'stop' I'll say 'no, go on'.

Someday, You'll hear me sing like Lennon..
'Listen...do you want to know a secret, do you promise not to tell '
I'll say ' okay, I'll stop', No, you say, please go on and on...
as your fingers make circles in the air....We'll smile in unison
then laugh some more, as the winter wind puts your hand in mine.

Someday, old and feeble, at the end of the race,
we'll find each other....in a special place.
'where are you going? ' I'll ask....'same place as you, I spect'' you'll say.
' If I'm the first one there, you'll find me waiting...' I said.
and if I beat you there, I'll take a chair' You said playfully,
with old eyes smiling.

Someday, you'll see me lying in that narrow mahogany bed
the one with the satin pillow at it's head...and handles on the side.
You'll come real close, 'Someday will have to wait' you'll confide..
You whisper, 'Till we meet again old friend..'....I'll hear you.
it's allowed up there, I'll send you a note... you'll know it's me.
'It's ok' the message will say...I always knew...that 'someday'
would never be....

Someday, you'll sing the first two lines of that Beatle's song
the one that made us laugh with glee and caused the strangers stare.
I'll smile again someplace..somewhere..because I'll know..
you're singing it..just for me...
'Do you know how much I love you....? do you know how much I care
Do you want to know a secret? ....Do you promise not to tell...'

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