Stories in Rhyme
by
Audrey Marlyn Singer
BLESS
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT KNOW OF THEE
THEY THAT KNOW OF THEE ARE FREE
TO PURSUE, TO GAIN, TO HAVE SUCCESS,
TO LIE TO CHEAT AND THEN CONFESS
TO THEIR GUILT THAT SETS THEM FREE
OH, BLESSED ARE THEY THAT K NOW O F THEE
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL
I DON’T BELIEVE YOU’RE REAL
YOU TOUCHED ME DEEPLY
YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL?
DIFFERENT, I WANT TO SEE YOU
AGAIN AND AGAIN
NEVER TO LIVE WITHOUT
ONLY WITHIN
WHO ARE YOU
WHERE DO YOU BELONG
ARE YOU THE AIR I BREATHE?
THE LYRICS TO A SONG?
ARE YOU THE PHYSICAL INCARNATION
OF MY VERY FRAGILE SPIRIT?
IF I AM YOU THEN I KNOW
THERE IS MERIT
TO MY BEING
THE CAT CLIMBED UP TO THE TOP OF THE TREE
HE BEAT HIS CHEST AND SAID, “I AM A MONKEY”
AND SO HE SWUNG FROM TREE TO TREE
MEOWING VERY MERRILY
UNTIL HE LANDED ON THIS LIMB
WHERE THE WISE OLD OWL SAID TO HIM
“WHAT A FOOL, YOU’RE JUST A CAT”
SO DOWN HE FELL , AND THAT WAS THAT
