I scribbled your address upon a note Now I just don't know where it is, I was going to drop you a line Maybe I used it as a shopping list. I jotted your phone number on my hand Oh, what now will you say, I washed it away while doing the dishes Now it's forever gone astray. I tried to remember your email addy By using a code or such, But with my memory of blind flashes Maybe that was asking way too much. I even got all sentimental today While meandering along the road, And designed your name in pretty stones Though no-one could ever read my fancy code. And then I found the sharpest rock To engrave a memory within some bark, But it just splintered and fell apart All I managed was a jagged mark. I embroidered you a poem in crosstitch What a keepsake that would be, But how sad today I found Silverfish had come to eat the lot for tea. So all wrapped up in sentiment I snuggled into my cozy corner seat, And just prayed for you the longest while For in my heart my dearest friend Is where you're meant to be. Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2004 used with permission heartwhispers@iinet.net.au