Never leave me

Never leave me

You won’t believe me...

Cass at the piano

On either side – we all look round 

Towards the camera...

You lay on the bed, your words kiss my ears

Behind me you speak, resting in the heat

In the afternoon. The words my heart hears...

With mad abandon I assay

To tell your charms in pencilled lines

My pride and impudence hold sway...

I’m only cheerful cos I’m here 

In a room with you

Your sleeping breath is soft and dear...

Chivalrous feelings restrain 

A chap who is your worshipper

And yet the fact must remain...

In terms of worldly achievement, no,

Not an impressive report to make:

Like, nothing published, whilst long ago...

The stars will come soon

Down to the earth they’ll dip

To study you – they’ll bring the moon...

The vet could not have been more sympathetic 

The kidney failure being quite advanced

The food ingested would become emetic...

There’s a word which to be blunt

Means love to me – but others hunt

A chaster word to bear the brunt...