Poem : Up

                              

                                                                     UP

                                             Dedicated to L A

         I was a man, a friend and a poet

         I was a child, a pupil and a chance

         I was alone, then we were two, silhouette

         I was the same as yours fallen in France

        If you are a woman, stand up, alone

        You were a dream, you know, may you exist

        There is a time, for you, help what was done

        You were the marvellous happiness kissed

         Do not end, nevermore, one way to breath

        Do, as you praise, the spell of your reverb

        Sing along and regain this line at death

          Je ne suis d’un salaud dans l’art le verbe

                 David Rolland 7.19.2025