Comme Toi/Like Thee

Comme Toi/Like Thee

She was only nine

The same age as mine

Three years we were together 
Except during the long hot summers

She was the best in the class

She was truly a lovely lass

Clear, sparkling yes, nice smile, and long hair 

And I dreamed of her and I really cared

Her name was long

It had many letters

It made me feel strong

And wondrously tender

We met briefly, you and me

Then we met again and I was drowned in the sea

Of a crazy love for thee and I was not even eighteen

You looked so much like her, nine long years I hadn't seen

You had her eyes, smile, flowing long hair 

And a long name that drove me into a state of despair

My heart went wild with tormenting desires

My mind said, "I must put out this stupid fire!"

So, I ran away from you, knowing I meant nothing to you

I buried myself in books while my heart throbbed unsubdued

I learned French, a language I knew I must know

In order that I could live with a love I had to forgo

I learned to write and I learned to fight for a peace

That I must have in a world that I feel amiss

All because foolishly I had allowed you to set my heart on fire

I turned to books, poetry, and philosophy so my heart can turn to ice

Months rolled by and years came and went away

All sorts of women, lovers and friends, put my heart in further disarray

Where are you now, the girl in my dreams

As I thrash around in the twilight of my life, I want to scream

Wissai

December 3, 2013