John Wesley Harding

I've been married for eleven years today.
And, "Frankie Lee and Judas Priest they were the best of friends."
Happy for over a decade.
"With four and twenty windows and a woman's face in every one."

We drove on the Blue Ridge
"Nothing is revealed."
Sipped wine and ate chocolate.
"Don't go mistaking paradise for that home across the road."

Rain fell and then it didn't
"But I did not trust my brother..."
There were deer and then there wasn't
"Stay free from pety jealousies..."

She gives her sweet face as a constant
"...and whom lies with every breath."
Almond eyes like batted butterfly wings
"whose tears are like rain."