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FAREWELL TO JUNE, FAREWELL IN MARCH

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FAREWELL TO JUNE, FAREWELL IN MARCH

The Colonel’s gone:
There’s an old lady all alone
And so forlorn;
Suddenly, with him not there
She’s past her prime:
Out of tune and out of breath
And out of time…

And her days drag on and on…
And her nights are, oh, so long...
She remembers days in 'Doon:
Stairwells and starch,
Farewells in March,
Farewell to June!

A lonely song:
She’d always said she would go first,
But now he’s gone
Leaving memories of days of broken trust,
As her house turns to decay
And flesh to dust,

She talks to paintings in the hall…
She has no visitors at all…
The lucky ones go first, in uniform and starch,
Now, none too soon,
Farewell to June,
Farewell in March!
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Thank you for reading and listening to this song.
Am pleased it touched you emotionally.

In fact I wrote this one as I was returning from the funeral of this lonely old lady. Her name was June and she passed away in March and i remember the song forming in my head as I thought of this little coincidence.

Her husband, the Colonel, had always been the healthier of the two, kept himself very trim and in shape , was careful about what he ate or drank, didnt smoke.... and died suddenly one day, some years before her.

Her life went downhill after that and she died a lonely old lady trapped in dementia... living in a crumbling house.

Sad.

Psyve

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A sentimal poem... I can see why you felt compelled to share this one after reading "Farewell to June..." Something about it reminded me of "the Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks.

Thank you for sharing...

Psyve

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