Getaway Shack Poem by Barry Middleton

I want to go back to the getaway shack
hidden away far from the town
and if I could go where the blackwaters flow
I'd wait for the sun to go down

the darkness is cold but fire warms the soul
as the radio plays an old tune
I remember a girl and the stars in a whirl
and a kiss by the light of the moon

on a magical night in the dim candlelight
I return to a long lost trance
without any care in the crisp autumn air
I hold her again as we dance

it's only a dream that drifts like a stream
and all I am left is the song
that still brings a smile after many a mile
for the one I have missed for so long