"Love will Keep Us Together"

NEIL SEDAKA 1939 - 2026

He's always been and will continue to be a HERO of mine! Thank you, Neil, for all the love expressed so beautifully, discovered in my teenage years but still the background music of my life! Condolences to all who knew and loved him. ❤️❤️❤️

“Love Will Keep Us Together”

Often dismissed as irrelevant once
your words and songs built a wall
I could safely lean back on, when
my heart soared or fell in a hole.

And how many times, over those
years my teen angst was expressed
better than I could, just exactly
as I would - as if I actually did!

How did you know what I felt
when marriage ended? Betrayal
covered my defeated soul with
guilt – blame, why didn’t I see?

You knew what to say to comfort
me – to pick me up and show me
it wasn’t all my fault – not all…
Accept. Step forward holding hands.

My children needed me whole
not a heart hurt so bad it couldn’t
share the love anymore… fill the
holes, make the road straight again.

It took many years but my 1st
love found my name on the net
living in another country alone
believing I’d had my chance...

Somehow deep down, your words
worked, unconsciously, even when
I rejected the idea of love, you kept
telling me, I could try to love again.

I stepped into your time machine
Neil – eager to walk, feel the rain.
Two of us, no longer playing ‘Solitaire'
But loved like your ‘Calendar Girl’.

Frances Macaulay Forde © 2026

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