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Living on Love
02 September 2006

Like a string on a tight rope
there was your care and your love
Yet what would become of the broken hearted
to be left alone, far from kind in ways to seek

As if you were tomorrow
and yesterday had just began
Where the flame was in your eyes
but the destination was unavailable

This placement of time
where you and I would greet
As if every day previous was never there
the day the sunlight and sparkle gather
to add an additional shine to your hair

Then we would both know in our hearts
this associating created to dwell
Making a living on love

No more hunger, no more pain to endure
because next to you, I would indeed share
The day of today, the day when time began
because into your eyes to see
I would indeed look and know I can


“What becomes of the broken hearted
Who had love that's now departed
I know I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind, maybe”
Lyrics: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
1966 hit recording as performed by Jimmy Ruffin
(Born: 07 May 1939 in Collinsville, Mississippi, USA)


© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)

a poet who cares