TONITE
YOU REST
ALL WRAPPED
UP BEST,
AWAITING THE
JOURNEY TO
ANOTHER PLACE,
WHERE THEY
WILL LOVE YOU
AND THAT
BEAUTIFUL FACE,
BUT I NEVER THOUGHT
IT WOULD
COME TO THIS,
HAVING RESCUED YOU
FROM AN EMPTY WALL
THE ONE WHERE
I FIRST SAW IT ALL,
A BRIGHT
LIGHT ROOM
ABOVE THE
TABLE
WHERE GUESTS
WOULD LINGER
WHENEVER
ABLE,
IT WAS THE
MAN WHO
LOVED YOU
AND BROUGHT
YOU HOME
MANY YEARS
BEFORE
MY ARRIVAL,
AND YET IT
WAS PART
OF MY WILD
SURVIVAL:
SITTING
ABOVE US
NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT,
LISTENING
TO OUR GAMES
AND STRONG
HEALTHY FIGHTS,
LINGERING
OVER
A SUCCULENT DISH,
CLOSING MY EYES
AND MAKING A WISH,
I WANTED VERY
MUCH
TO BE SMART
AND FREE,
AND WONDERED
SO LONG
HOW THAT
COULD BE,
BUT THEN
I SAVED YOU
FROM GREEDY
HANDS
TAKING A STAND
TO FEATURE
A WOMAN BELOVED
AND GRAND,
SO YEARS WENT
BY
AND TIME MUST FLY,
WHEN ONE FINE
DAY
I THOUGHT OF
THE PERSON
WHO MADE THE PLAY,
SHE SOLD YOUR
CANVASS
ALL PAINTED AND
FINE
TO A HEALTHY
RICH
BACHELOR
ENJOYING HIS
TIME

AND LONG
BEFORE
HE SPOTTED ME
THERE WAS THIS
LOVELY MYSTERY
ON THE WALL
FOR ALL TO SEE,
AND NOW THE TIME
HAS COME TO
PART,
I WILL MISS
OUR MORNINGS
TOGETHER,
THE DEEP BLUE
SKIES
THE HARSH
WINTER WEATHER,
YOUR MENTOR
IS GONE
AND NOW YOU FOLLOW
TO A NEW
AND WONDROUS
SOUTH EASTERN
HOLLOW,
THE GIFT TO
A GIRL
FROM HER FAMILY,
ONE THAT
WILL SECRETLY
SET HER FREE,
SHE MAY SIT
CROSSED LEGGED
IMATATING
THE LOOK,
IT’S A FABULOUS
SIGHT
AND ONE FOR
THE BOOKS,
SO FAREWELL
MY LADY,
AND TAKE
MY LOVE
TO YOUR NEW
SUNNY DIGS
THERE AMOUNG
FANCY HOT
RIGS,
(WITH SNAZZY LADIES)
JUST WHERE YOU
BELONG,
AT THE END OF
YOUR SONG…
I WISH YOU WELL
I WISH YOU HAPPY
I WISH YOUR
NEW PATRON
A FINE HELLO,
AND BUTTERFLY
KISSES
SWEET AND SLOW,
BUT DON’T YOU
DARE
FORGET ABOUT ME,
I HOLD YOU
SAFE
IN MY MEMORY…
LOVELY ASIA
SLOW AND SHADY,
KEEP THAT HEART
FULL OF LOVE
FROM ABOVE.

©JW WINSLOW 10/1/2021