St John Street Poem by jim hogg

It isn't quite as clear now
And the light is playing tricks
There's shadows on St John Street
And I just caught a glimpse

There is no moon above me
And I'm sober as a judge
But I could swear I stumbled
Into some other world

Your hair flowed black and glist'ning
And your eyes were like the sea
In nineteen seventy one
when we were just sixteen

The moon was full above us
Down the length of St John Street
As hand in hand we wandered
It all seems like a dream

Now it's too late to remember
And it's too soon to forget
Though the moon just brings us frostiness
And the stars care even less
That I loved you and you loved me
The last time we were here

The people come and go now
Knowing nothing of that night
For life gets trampled under
The endless rush of time

The future reeled before us
And we only had to choose
When time went on forever
And I just chose to lose

Though you were brave and ready
After years of saying no
Beneath the moon I faltered
And started letting go

And now like passing strangers
Underneath a ghostly moon
We'll wander down St John Street
Some twilight afternoon

And it's too late to remember
But it's too soon to forget
Though the moon just brings us frostiness
And the stars care even less
That I loved you and you loved me
The last time we were here


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