You’re That Song in My Head
Poems inspired by music.
You are that song in my head
As I walk through the streets of Paris
Late at night
Words, movement
Faces, bodies
People rushing
And that melody
Racing through my head
Filled with nostalgia
Tears, I feel them coming
With this song on repeat
Walking, striding down the street
My boots smacking a pattern
Or is it that song that you hear in a café?
Background noise
Yet every word carries something more
When you don’t focus
It blends together
With conversation and laughter
Sentimentality
Music for an old soul
Sinatra, you are the man
Memories flood
Of casual socializing
So simple
Yet now so complex
And far away and distant
A longing for simpler times
I did it my way
I loved you
I didn’t want to go but knew I had to
This song winds around and around in my head
I stare up at the ceiling
Alone with my thoughts and this song
Around and around and around
I don’t want to go
Why did I go
I wish
I wish
I wish things were different
If I had stayed I could have made things better
I could have fixed it
But now I am far from you
And alone
These thoughts going in circles
Around and around
Wasn’t gonna go out
I was gonna stay in
Another Friday night on my own
Alone in the big city
My best friend gone
Just me versus the world
I walk and walk and walk
Everywhere I go
I am carried by the music
Carrying a tune in my head
I am lifted up and I fly above them all
I don’t know what I’m doing
But I’m doing it on my own
With my own resolve
And independence
Time spent reflecting
But yearning
Thinking about you
Knowing I need to move on
But I just can’t
Need to write, write, write
I sleep around
Fill my life with distractions
Again on my walks
I think and think and think about you
I don’t want to know if you have moved on
I just want time to pass so I’ll get over you
I love you
But it’s time to stop
To let go
To let you go
But I’m still not over you