Composed Over A Lifetime Poem by Mark Heathcote

Every note has been written for you
it is free-flowing, and it is gushing
come, my love, let us have an impromptu
-rehearsal, it'll begin by just humming.
All my feelings they're wrapped up in it
my heart & soul, they're contained.
Can't-pretend I haven't tortured over it
here I've nothing left out or restrained.
I hand-over to you this music sheet
composed over a whole lifetime
just so you can-hear-it's-no ragtime,
it's no blues, yes it's bittersweet
come please listen, sit on this loveseat
even my heart has a metronome beat.