(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

Fabulous Alan Merrill with Amy Madden and Mark Brotter doing a beautiful version of Dock Of The Bay back in February (Alan's Birthday)... I love this man so much  :) ♥ heart emoticon

Bursting

I glimpsed your face in that moment
It betrayed you, and split the mask
You wear for the world
As you blanched with sickness
As you birthed your agony
From the pit of fear within you
I stared boldly, watching you
Unable to hold on any more
As your inner joy crumbled
As your sweet dream shattered
In a flurry of snowflake words
Some unspoken,
Here and gone in a moment
Both sweet and bitter
As you had to look glad
As you had to pretend
That you were happy when he told you
And his arm around her shoulder
Younger than his daughter
Your courage and his folly
Cruel comedy of tragedy
He did not see what I saw
You did not see that I saw
As your jawline tightened
As your knuckles whitened
That it mattered it was not you
That he loved.