Short Break from the Heartache

I‘m either staring it straight down

or letting it chase my soul around

‘round this museum of my life

my collection of the lost and found

*

I piece together scattered archives

pacing ‘round my padded cell

souvenirs from so many lives

singing in one single voice to tell

singing in one single voice

*

give me a short break from the heartache

I sure think I could start taking

a short break from the heartache

for a while, with your smile

for a while, just a while

*

near and dear ones in deep trouble

nothing I can do to help

the whole world’s off by more than half a bubble

I gotta be strong by myself

I gotta be strong for myself

*

normality’s facade is caving fast

we’re at the mercy of the merciless

reality’s a monster raving mean

looks like my vision’s blown to smithereens

my very vision has been blown to smithereens

*

give me a short break from the heartache

I sure think I could start taking

a short break from the heartache

for a while, just a while

with your smile, with your smile

*

give me a short break from the heartache

I sure think I could start taking

a short break from the heartache

for a while, just a while

with your smile, with your smile

(words and music ©️April 2020 by Michael Scott Langley)

Listen to the song: