An Exerpt of Poetry
from - If All Men Were Angels

by John Davis Collins.....© 1998 by John F. Clennan, All Rights Reserved

Give Me A Song Give me a song a bright melody Play me a tune, in harmony. Strum with a flair a sweetened refrain Tell me you care lighten my pain. Deliver my prayer in bright hearted surprise Blanket the air with sweet little lies. Give me a Song ! Give me a song send dark clouds away A cheery melody to brighten my day. Words softly croon with sensitivity Cover the moon in rhapsody. Whistle me a tune make my heart ache Come to me soon I Can't hardly wait. Give me a song Give me a song a ballad to hum A search for miracles tender no pain. Thunder my plea emotions untamed Fortunes fickle chuckles burning inflamed. Words left unsaid rattles my brain Loneliness ahead drives me insane. Give me a song Give me a song Be ever so kind Magic of words You be my friend. String it verse Thoughts can pretend For better or worse the song never ends. Set it in rhyme Watch me burst Drive me out of my mind Oh, how it hurts. Give me a song Give me a song Just out of key Rhythm and rhyme Staccotic symphony. Bright cheery chimes Fade quickly away The meter clicks time with nothing to say. The last long line unwinds at the end Song lingers on air We part as friends.

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