Meggie

“Tu m’as privée de tous mes chants
Tu m’as vidée de tous mes mots
Pourtant moi j’avais du talent
Avant ta peau

Cet amour me tue
Si ça continue
Je crèverai seule avec moi
Près de ma radio
Comme un gosse idiot
En écoutant ma propre voix qui chantera”

Lara Fabian – “Je suis malade”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXnGInTqvRs
Meggie is still there

Rachel behaves politely
And it is a pleasure
To hang around her
And be of service
And be polite too
But I miss Meggie

And "miss"
is a hopeless
Understatement
Yearn, with
Screaming pain
In my soul
And still 
Deeper and deeper
Despair
That’s more
Adequate
Description

And I wish
She had gone
And I wish
She’d come back
And I pray
For you to stay
5 more seconds
At a time

I thought 
The rift 
Widened strenuously 
By both parties
Could not be 
Bridged anymore
And then you looked
And I looked back
in Rachel’s 
eyes
And saw …

I am not
De Bricassart
Won’t inherit 
A fortune
Won’t go 
And become
A cardinal
I would be too
Scared though
That she
Won’t be here
When I’m back

So, I’ll hang around
Putting up with
Troglodytes in 
Command of my
Destiny
Swallowing pride
And hoping
For another
Vague and distorted
Glimpse
Of Meggie.