Lament.

 I would have loved you forever

But then who would have told

You haven’t  changed.

 

I would have sang for you this song

Time and time again

But the refains would have changed

And you would become unrecognisable.

 

If  you look back you wil find

The answer: it is volcanic

Impulsive and alive.

You would not tie me down

To a single purpose, to logic

Or a reason you would find.

Who would have told the end was near

Then you went so far away.

Had you lived a little longer

With regrets and the delay

It would have been long and painful

But certainly not longer than what is left.

 

Alfred Grech

08/10/2021