Two more from Terry Maltby
THE VOID IS TOO WIDE
You stand at the far end
I stand two thirds
You have your opinions
And I have my words
We don’t know the answers
To the questions inside
For you’re at the far end
And the void is too wide
The morning is waiting
The night lingers on
The dream that was fading
Has suddenly gone
The hour is ageing
The minute has died
For you’re at the far end
And the void is too wide
The void ever widens
So vast and so deep
My heart is breaking
My body feels weak
The thought of our parting
Turns my inside
For you’re at the far end
And the void is too wide
Once we were close
Like two books on a stand
No further away
Than the reach of a hand
The flood of emotion
Has begun to subside
For you’re at the far end
And the void is too wide
Terence Maltby
DORKET HEAD
Oh come with me to Dorket Head
To see the waving corn
Before the harvest is gathered in
And stacked against the barn
Oh come and see the golden lakes
That shimmer in the dawn
Before this sultry weather breaks
And this enchanted moment gone
Come with me to view the scene
To make a cold heart warm
Where wild free spirits flit between
The sky and the golden corn
Oh come with me to Dorket Head
Come let us go together
To see the fiery sunset spread
Before the changing of the weather
Terence Maltby
