Immortality

You said you would never leave me

But now I have to let you go

Here for much more than a lifetime

Your eternal heart and soul flows

 

Memories through the ages shall pass

Long after all the sad goodbyes

The tears I shed in agony

All the sweet songs and lullabyes

 

Live this never-ending journey

Through life and through death evermore

Blessed by a kindly existence

Move forward as never before

 

Cherished each moment you gave me

The memories shall ever be clear

The love and gentle words spoken

All things that you ever endeared

 

For all who have passed before us

In our hearts you will always be

The song and the life and spirit

Essence of immortality

 

 

copyright 2009 Don MacIver;  All Rights Reserved

Falling Gently

This piece was written as an experiment of sorts…lyrical verse. This is relatively new for me but I feel compelled to return to this genre of writing more often than not.

I hear one of my favourite recording artists softly, gently caressing each verse, tears moistening saddened eyes. I hear orchestral strings swelling in accompaniment, building each word, each note to a cresendo of undertone to this most personal accounting of a relationship gone very wrong and a desperate attempt to save what once was so beautiful, so real, so right.

Falling Gently

Whatever happened to

The goodness inside us

Tender caressing and

Those sweet goodbye kisses

I see through the mirror

For so long what we shared

Bittersweet memories

Now just fading away

Gently you’re falling, gently away (repeat)

The sun sets in amber

Starlit darkness surrounds

Clouds drift by silently

As you walk out the door

Your backward glance tearful

Eyes averted in pain

Whispered apologies

Falling gently away

Gently you’re falling, gently away (repeat)

Take with you part of me

Please don’t ever let go

Life never so empty

My heart torn evermore

Embrace every moment

Every step of the way

How deeply you loved me

As you’re slipping away

Gently you’re falling, gently away (repeat)

copyright 2007 Don MacIver