The Tear Garden

Déjà Vu

The Tear Garden


It was a cold November evening and I should have worn a coat. 
I shivered, waiting for the ferry boat to carry me to you. 
Could see you dancing in the harbour lights; your hair an orange flame. 
You'd turn away, swing on a crane. 
Always quite the same... 

The same! The same! 
It's always quite the same. 
Rewind! Re-live it all again and again. 

You'd tiptoe halfway across a rooftop, drop headfirst in the river. 
You'd stretch out for a helping hand and once again I'd stand there, not close enough to touch, but I heard you call my name as you died. 
And the ferry boat? It never did arrive...