Years of Sunday suns before I knew you
Circling with
their never-changing force
Gave our unconnected worlds one centre
And
watched our separate Sundays take their course
Gentle to the heads of
aching wine
Offering the turf to Sunday boots
Calling to the ones who
wake with chimes
Opening the church to Sunday suits
Singing praise with
interludes
Matching plates with flowery foods
Brewing tea and stewing
moods
Provoking then resolving feuds
Did you ever hear me softly
turning to you
Those Sundays in those years before I knew you?
A Sunday in a spring when I first saw you
Those true
rays faltered as they watched us speak
Loved confused that ancient place
out of order
And the days slipped out of kilter with their week
Saturday the classroom filled with noise
Monday closed the doors of
banks at one
Wednesday's washing blew upon the wind
And Tuesday every
working man had done
Tell me why I don't like Fridays
Wear my linen-o
on Monday
Goodbye, Goodbye, Rubv Wednesday
Always Always on a Sunday
You jumbled up my heart and I fell for you
That Sunday in that spring
when I first saw you
A Sunday in a summer when we kissed
The sky as we had
known it rolled away
Everything outside did not exist
And the beating
of the sun stopped with the day
Park and country walkers held their stride
Morning markets guarded empty streets,
Blackberries sat upon their
bushes still
And sermon masters prayed to empty seats
Relatives not
rung yet
Photographs not hung yet
Broken beads not strung yet
Solemn psalms not sung yet
Did you feel the time stand still inside my
wrist
That Sunday in that summer when we kissed?
A Sunday in an autumn when you left me
Early frozen
stars began to pour
You loved me but you loved another stronger
And the
sun shone down alone on me once more
I'll wear my Sunday hats out in the
streets
I'll walk along to buy my Sunday news
I'll mow my lawn in time
for Sunday lunch
And polish up my car and Sunday shoes
But Sunday
nights on my settee
I'll shake my Sunday hairpins free
Recall the easy
way we'd be
Replay the thrill you'd wake in me
I'll taste the kiss we
drank with wine
And feel your heart still beat with mine
Play back each
inspiring line
Relive your love that made me shine
And keep that sunny
love alive to warm me
Those endless winter Sundays that wait for me.