SOMEONE
DRESSED IN RED
You have lived
a long time
And you like
the way you are
You’ve enjoyed
your precious life
Though you
never were a star
You had
reached the point of knowing
That it could
never be
You were in
it for the long run
Lonely and
free
So you go to
another party
That will be
like all the others
So many
people out of reach
But there’s
someone dressed in red
Your heart begins to wander
Like a traveller in a cold dawn
And you dare
To tempt the light of day
So you decide
to follow
Another
dangling thread
She seems so
pleased to see you
But you do
not fill your head
With dreams
of how it could be
If you had
not given up
And she says
that she is thinking
Of never going
away
And your eyes turn to water
Like a stream in wet winter
And you fall
Into the joy of it all
© M Coghlan 1991
COMMENTARY
This is
exactly how I felt before I met Elizabeth. I had given up looking for love. And
then hey presto Elizabeth turned up at this party in a church hall in Maylands
wearing a red dress and the rest is history 😊
