A Heyday of Heydays

franksardella · A Heyday of Heydays

A Heyday of Heydays

Here’s the thing about them heydays,
when they’re starting from the gun,
Oh, nobody sees them coming,
only recount them when they’re done
Fear’s gonna bring me all my maydays,
alarmed about them,
every single one
But, in the end, my future heyday
blew the past to kingdom come
And, no, you’re not eccentric
And, no, I’m not delusional
Our circles are concentric,
and there is no confusion, oh

A heyday of heydays
you gave me
Let me count
the ways it saved me
My mind often replays,
can’t blame me
From this side of always,
a heyday of heydays!

30 years out from Nantucket,
that ferry ride was all we’d need
Shivering from wind, but fuck it
Hyannis got us to concede
Each iteration, you’d express it loudly
That hometown bar
heard every single one
“What’s WRONG with you?”
the question you asked me,
after, just for fun!
And it wasn’t dependent,
on anything unusual
Connected with intention,
in a catalytic fusion, oh

A heyday of heydays
you gave me
Let me count
the ways it saved me
My mind often replays,
can’t blame me
From this side of always,
a heyday of heydays!

And when you descended,
unexpected, down the stairs
leather jacket, boots
and Marlboro Reds
I was yours right then and there
Didn’t dare leave it open-ended,
not before you’d leave that room,
because in our hearts and heads
we knew that you were mine, too

A heyday of heydays!
A heyday of heydays!

And we had both consented
Instant friendship, not intrusion, no
An escape for us just rested
on going where we knew we’d go
And we both knew we’d make it so!

A heyday of heydays
you gave me
Let me count
the ways it saved me
My mind often replays,
can’t blame me
From this side of always,
a heyday of
A heyday of heydays
you gave me
Let me count
the ways it saved me
My mind often replays,
can’t blame me
From this side of always,
a heyday of heydays!