Ask Me In December (If Everything is Better)
For Ask Me In December, Babs' Unofficial Challenge
(Verse One)
recovery success?
relapse avoidance?
monogamy
in
mind, body and spirit?
mind, body and spirit?
health improvements?
self improvements?
Loyalty, trust and love
tried, tested and proven?
(Chorus)
Ask
Ask me
Ask me in December
if the changes really came
if nothing stayed the same
Ask me
Ask
Ask me in December
if anything is different
if everything is better
(Verse 2)
There's time to work
on everything wrong
to make it right
in
mind, body and spirit
mind, body and spirit
health care self care
build the bridges
I burned down
with loyalty, trust and love
(Chorus)
Ask
Ask me
Ask me in December
if the changes really came
if nothing stayed the same
Ask me
Ask
Ask me in December
if anything is different
if everything is better
(Bridge)
in the crisp cool weather
doing more than wishing on a feather
doing more than wishing on a feather
not got a dove or an olive branch
just got love
(Chorus-Outro)
Ask me
Ask
if the changes really came (in December)
if nothing stayed the same (in December)
Ask
Ask me
if anything is different (in December)
if everything is better (in December)
if the pain, if the shame
was left behind, and we hit rewind
*
Thanks for reading!
Author's Notes: Excuse the extra bracket at the start of the title (will be contacting Vocal about that nonsense!!) - This is my response to Babs' Unofficial Challenge - Ask Me In December. Rather than just sticking to my wheelhouse of poetry, as Babs mentioned making it a song or poem...I went down he song route. It is 100% autobiographical. I have included a link to another piece by me that the song is inspired by. Oh, I also feel I should at state that the phrase "mind, body and spirit" was borrowed, in my mind anyway, from the Irish band Fontaines D.C.'s Boys in the Better Land.
Here is a link to the lovely lady's challenge:
Here is a link to more of my stuff:
Song above relates to this piece below, if you're interested in a deeper dive into the meaning:
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Comments (8)
You’ll have to put it to music now! As Dharrsheena to send you her tune she sang it to 🙃
This is quite good, and surely reads like a song. Well done, my friend.
This is wonderful! Brilliant work, well done!!😊
Sir Paul, your song, oh your song is magnificent!!! Thank you for submitting into the unofficial challenge!!!💕❤️❤️
Mic drop!!
I'll be humming the chorus now! Well done, you!! Great response to the challenge :)
Omgggg, King Paul Shakespeare wrote a song! I sang this to my own tune!
You turn into a song writer, Paul . Nice work 👍🏽