Falling Through Time:




Who is this woman beside me
I thought I knew
Her years
Years ago

Her hair so long
So black
I was lost in it
Like a mist

Together in our
Rhythms
Rising falling
First her the waves
Then me

And flowing
Year to year
One sunlight to the next
One night close
Closer
When beds fell on movement
When laughs flew off the bed

But things
These things
No these things
Jobs and cities falling away

Then Mom was gone
Miss you Mom
And Dad
Dad and his guns

And time grew the children
While we grew upper
Against the odds
Since we never looked upper

Who is this woman

No answers

Yet

Each night I get out my clothes
And lay them out in the living room
Expecting another day

With her

                                                                                I GUESS


I guess I would have loved him
If I ever saw him smile
Small lips pulling back
From toothless gums

If I ever touched his hair
(Black or brown or red
It's in the genes
In the genes)

If I ever looked into his eyes
Slight bulge. blinking
Against light new to him
Like everything

New to him

If I ever let his tiny hand
Wrap mostly around my pinkie
Holding on, fingers tight
New nails wafer thin

If I ever smelled his skin
Refreshed after changing
Diaper wadded in the trash
Talc as cologne

I guess I would have loved him
If I ever held him
But I only get to miss him
Until we finally meet

New to me

New to him


copyright William Hayes 2015





                                                                 

                                                                         ON AND ON



Come walk with me
and be
my love
The miles loom
on and on

Your eyes go bright
Your hands caress
What dreams
we will become

Come talk with me
and hear
my poems
The words boom
on and on

This voice so right
These hours embraced
What dreams
they will become

Come live with me
and be
my love
Our lives loom
one to one

Our hopes twined
Our love sublime
Togetherness
on and on

Togetherness
One to One


Copyright W. Hayes 2015

Well, some of the songs have music written for other lyrics, but...What fun is it to leave a good song alone?




                                                                     I DANCE THE LINE

                                                              (with apologies to June and John)


I keep a close eye on these feet of mine.
I keep an eye out for elbows all the time,
I watch for flyin' boots that nearly blind.
Because you're mine, I dance the line.

I find it very,very easy to turn blue
When I'm Honky Tonk Stompin' with the flu,
I swear, sometimes, the things I do for you.
Because you're mine, I dance the line.

One step, two step, left, then right.
I'm loosenin' up my strings most every night,
And, you, you'd Cupid shuffle til it's light,
Because you're mine, I dance the line.

You've got a way with the electric slide.
Yeah, my Maria's got the tush push on her side.
There's fifty ways my outlaw heart near died.
Because you're mine, I dance the line.

I keep a close watch o these feet of mine.
I keep an eye out for elbows all the time.
I watch for flyin' boots that nearly blind.
Because you're mine, I dance the line.

Uno!  Dos!  Tres!

Because you're mine, I dance the line


copyright Will Hayes, 2/4/15