You Once Had a Way – March 1998

You Once Had a Way

you once had a way
as you are
you have my day
it is okay
plenty of cake to go around
i have read all your poetry
you have a way
like you once had me
in the palm of your hand
but my bible is barely read
and it is kept in my head
you had a way
before you crumbled away
and cracked like a mirror
became oh so green
and with your feelings, so mean
you had a way
but now i have not got that belief
i buried it in the ground
underneath the sound
of a failed beating heart
you had a way




James Garratt – March 1998