The wreck

i saw you
out on the town
with your stylish gait
and your Spanish gown
your eyes deep pools
where i might drown

you blew away
my mind that night
so far that
nothing mattered

my friends all said
they were in doubt
that you were
just a gadabout
some day the truth
would all come out

they laughed and said
there will be a night
when everything
gets tattered

but my roaring heart
and ballpark ears
were filled with awesome
home run cheers
that deafened all
my stifled fears

but my thoughts became
a hopeless plight
a dream that
finally shattered

1980