Friday, September 27, 2013

Just the Other Day. Peter Waugh


                                                Just the Other Day

What…
what… whatever was I doing?
Whatever was I doing before I got so lost?
Before I lost my way…

Where…
wherever was I going?
Wherever was I going?
It was only just
the other day…

(time tunnel)

There was something…
’why I came here,
what I came here to do
There was someone…
’had to see ’em,
but I came to meet – who?
There was something…
’had to tell ’em
what did I have to say…?
There was somewhere...
some visit to pay
but then I…
I just lost
lost my way…

Before the rain began to fall
a voice in the lightning spoke,
the thunder uttered the final call,
we scampered as the storm broke.
Someone somewhere needed me,
now who, who could that be?

Seek an answer,
ask a question –
What did you want to know?
Fetch a doctor,
find the patient –
not much longer to go…
Bring the map here..
’have to get there…
someone calling your name…
There was somewhere
you were meant to stay…
before you…
you just lost
your way…

Collect the gold of every season,
watch leaves fall from the trees,
pick the flowers in the garden,
play magic shells on the beach.
Bring it all back to the one who needs you,
now who might that be? Who?

There was something…
why we came here,
what we came here to do
There was someone…
’had to see ‘em,
but we came to meet – who?
There was something…
’had to tell ’em
what did we want to say…?
There was somewhere.
’had to visit
but then we…
we just
lost our way

Where were you when the wheel veered?
Where when we lost our way?
Seeking shelter, you came in here,
the dark voices gently say.
Bring it all home to the one who needs you,
now who could that be? Who?

Seek an answer,
ask a question –
What did you want to know?
Fetch a doctor,
find the patient –
not much longer to go…
Bring the map here..
’have to get there…
someone calling your name…
There was somewhere…
you were meant to stay…
before you…
you just lost
your way…


©peter waugh,
vienna, 23/26 may 2012

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