SONG FOR LOST KAREN

by s.c.virtes

You lose your job but don't stop smiling,
You're on the move & you can't stand still,
You touch your margarita like it was larger than life,
But how are you going to pay the bill?

What have you seen?  You stories only hint,
You talk so softly but you've surely been around,
Your laughter came like you found utopia
and the walls embraced the sound.

Time alone - time again
Comedy wash the hurt away.

Time alone - time to think
Moving into another day,
You will have your way.

Beyond the window the cold wind blows,
Someone is sleeping out there, what can you do?
I can see you are hurt by our imperfect world,
and Yes, I forgive you.

So now the hour hand is bending to hear,
You were Snow White & then you were gone,
Some of our worries have fallen to the floor,
Thank you.  Love & Carry on.

Time alone - time again
Comedy wash the hurt away.

Time alone - time to think
Moving into another day,
You will have your way.


written on bus-ride home from a MILEHICON, probably 1988