There’s no signature
And no date on it,
But this is your handwriting,
I can’t be mistaken.
There’s no header,
It’s not your blue paper.
All your letters, I used to
Drink1 them with my eyes.
I’m afraid to turn the page.
I’m afraid to read the end.
I’ll need a lot of courage
To face the coming days.2
My eyes are burning
I have a lump in my throat.
Oh, I feel a little bit ridiculous
And I feel like crying.
There’s been to many trips,
Too many trains, too many boats.
You on a platform3, I on another
And so many plans fallen through.
There isn’t the daisy
That you used to draw for me
And meant ‘I love you.’
In our secret code.
But the blue paper is over
And this is just grey paper,
As grey as the sky of Paris
And grey like my life.
There’s been to many trips,
Too many trains, too many boats.
You on a wharf, I on another
And so many plans fallen through.
There’s been too many oceans
Between us and our love.
Talking to each other through a piece of paper
Has made us forget each other.
There’s been to many trips,
Too many trains, too many boats.
You on a wharf, I on another
And so many plans fallen through.
There’s been too many oceans
Between us and our love.
Talking to each other through a piece of paper
Has made us forget each other.
1. Poetic licence.2. Literally: my future days = my/the future.3. Or a wharf.