Beyond Longing - Wendy McNeill

I never asked you

If you thought there was more

If it gets better beyond the black and the white

Our limited sight and perspective of colour

Now i’m hoping there’s more

I’m hoping

I have a photograph

Of you in cat eyed glasses and a sunhat

Thin arms and face smiling

That was the summer now it’s the fall

Everything is changing and i wonder where you are

And are you happier now

Happier now?

Your smile lives in your girls

Your art is in this world

I think of our rain soaked waltz and i’m laughing

Your smile lives in your girls

Your art is in this world

Listen — beyond longing is laughter

Happier now beyond longing is laughter

Happier now beyond longing is laughter