The Red Balloon

May 30, 2018

The Red Balloon

I was adamant at six years old to never take balloons

In knowing they would fly away or later on diffuse

Deep inside I knew that nothing true could ever last

Happiness comes quick, but it's the pain that doesn't pass

And when I held her hand I had the very premonition

That one day she would drift away and leave me inhibitions

Then sure enough there came the day she sailed across the sky

And ever since I've come to loathe those dreadful words “good bye”

For I tied her string so tight around my heart it left a mark

To remind me of the way love burns with every fervent spark

I may not have my Love, rather the memory, the bruise;

But if you ask me now I think I’d take the red balloon

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