Final Thoughts

morbid thoughts always come at night
even sometimes in the dead of the day
i sometimes think about what would happen
if I died and suddenly went away
what would be my last thought?
what would be the last thing I would write?
who would be the last person I see?
friend or stranger, ever increasing danger
what would the last thing I would say?
i’d like it to be goodbye, or I am so sorry
i have had a lovely time but I cannot stay
i’d like to thank a few and shake their hands
take time to say goodbye
tell a few what I really fee, amend a few lies
fix and unfix a few of those ties
but I know I would never have that time
it would be too late and I would be gone
chasing the clouds in the sky
or down below lighting fires in the red rock
morbid thoughts I know
but as soon as they come, i know they will go


James Garratt – Sunday 15th February 1998