The Rock of Life Still Rolls
by Michael Doyle

There's something across the river.
A sense of magic that makes me shiver.
Shiva dances and plays in a spin,
It's as if it's yesterday again.

None of us really knows
Before the glory of our best shows,
What it means to be tested.
Our best love songs are uncontested.

As sleepless as the eyes of the seer,
It was destined to be our best year.
Until the piper took his ransom,
And just as suddenly, we were undone.

But there's a tale to be told
As the songs begin to unfold.
The defiance felt has an urgency.
It provides life's continuity.

The pressures of life struggle for breath.
Each of us is inching toward our deaths.
Would we have saved it in a letter revealed?
Or would it be better to remain concealed?

As sleepless as the eyes of the seer,
It was destined to be our best year.
Until the piper took his ransom,
And just as suddenly, we were undone.

Life is a mix of sunshine and rain.
In our happiness, we find our pain.
Our love allows this, expressed to each other,
And that is to say, given to one another.

Then it is you who is the splendor in my eyes
The beauty of this is that it is no real surprise.
From the moment we met, we have been in love
As if it were decreed from our God above.

As sleepless as the eyes of the seer,
It was destined to be our best year.
Until the piper took his ransom,
And just as suddenly, we were undone.

From the stage, we turned life's page,
Feeling like gods in this latter age.
Someone said, 'Pull the plug,' and  we laughed.'
We all look at each other as if we were daft.

As the band played us across the floor,
We knew we wished we'd walk across time's shore.
Hand in hand, we'd walk radiant in the moonlight,
And the songs of our youth would make it alright.

As sleepless as the eyes of the seer,
It was destined to be our best year.
Until the piper took his ransom,
And just as suddenly, we were undone.

The show came to an end with great applause.
It was a beautiful thing that made us pause.
Listening closely as our hearts roared,
Rock is the feeling that can't be ignored.

And if it were, it would be something tragic.
There's nothing like our diamond's magic.
Sparkling like a wine that won't let us down.
I don't care if I wear your jester's crown.

As sleepless as the eyes of the seer,
It was destined to be our best year.
Until the piper took his ransom,
And just as suddenly, we were undone.

I see it in your eyes; there on your face.
It returns me to that special place.
We'll dance to love's music until we die.
It's that anticipation that always makes you cry.

The roots of our consciousness hold the power,
It's the sense of our love burns in this hour.
From the moment that you allowed me your dance,
I  have been lovingly captured and entranced.

As sleepless as the eyes of the seer,
It was destined to be our best year.
Until the piper took his ransom,
And just as suddenly, we were undone.

(c) September 2, 2025   Michael Doyle
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