Lisbon

I keep a photo of you in my heart

No one can take it away

On our honeymoon

When you were kneeling

In the cathedral of Lisbon

(and after lighting a red plastic candle

And quietly praying for the crippled

And probably praying for me

And for the marathon runners)

You said

“Love is a boat and we’re in it

Change is a sea and we’re on it”

And I wept

‘cause I had kept you away from my world

I thought it was best to be silent

But there on the cold cathedral floor

I knew that you had always lived on my island

I keep a photo of you in my heart

No one can take it away

On the back it says:

“Love is a boat and we’re in it

Change is a sea and we’re on it”