THOSE DAYS SONNET

I REMEMBER THE DAYS GONE BY
YOU KNOW THE ONES I MEAN
I SAID HELLO YOU SAID GOODBYE
WE LIVED UPON A DREAM

SAT IN THAT ROOM WE'D CHAT
PUTTING THE WORLD TO RIGHTS
SPIELING OF THIS AND THAT
DIMMING DOWN THE LIGHTS

LATER OUR WORDS FLEW BACK AND FORTH
THROUGH A CLOUD OF YELLOW SMOKE
I TOLD YOU WHAT YOU'RE WORTH
THE FIRE YOU WOULD STOKE

AND NOW YOU;RE GONE I SIT IN ROOMS
ALWAYS KNOWING THE NEXT DAY LOOMS!

BY JAMES MCATEAR