I Want People to Share Their Poetry
CHRISTMAS has a great tradition of giving & receiving presents. Men are difficult to buy for so we get lots of SOCKS and TIES and BOOKS and CD's. I love the last two because you never know what subjects the BOOKS will cover and I am a CD Freak - I've got 100's. This year I got a HAYLEY WESTENRA - PURE. One of the tracks was NEVER SAY GOODBYE - I've modified it into a POEM - ENJOY.

WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
IF I COULD FREEZE THIS MOMENT
TO ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME
SET IN THE PAGES OF MY MIND
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
IF I COULD FIND THE WORDS AND SAY THEM
THEN I WOULDN'T BE TONGUE TIED
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
IF I COULD STOP THAT OLD MOON RISIN'
DAY WOULD NEVER BECOME NIGHT
WOULDN'T FEEL THIS COLD INSIDE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
NEVER LET EACH OTHER GO .........
THEN OUR HEARTS WOULD NOT BE BROKEN
AND OUR WORDS REMAIN UNSPOKEN
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
I WOULD SEAL THIS DAY FOREVER
PAINT A PICTURE PERFECT SMILE
SO OUR ONENESS STAYED ALIVE
I WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE !
I WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE ! !
I WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE ! ! !

With acknowledgements to MAURICE RAVEL & PAMELA SHAYNE

WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
IF I COULD FREEZE THIS MOMENT
TO ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME
SET IN THE PAGES OF MY MIND
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
IF I COULD FIND THE WORDS AND SAY THEM
THEN I WOULDN'T BE TONGUE TIED
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
IF I COULD STOP THAT OLD MOON RISIN'
DAY WOULD NEVER BECOME NIGHT
WOULDN'T FEEL THIS COLD INSIDE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
NEVER LET EACH OTHER GO .........
THEN OUR HEARTS WOULD NOT BE BROKEN
AND OUR WORDS REMAIN UNSPOKEN
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
WE WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE
I WOULD SEAL THIS DAY FOREVER
PAINT A PICTURE PERFECT SMILE
SO OUR ONENESS STAYED ALIVE
I WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE !
I WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE ! !
I WOULD NEVER SAY GOODBYE ! ! !

With acknowledgements to MAURICE RAVEL & PAMELA SHAYNE