10 Jim

played your part as one who was more than a face in the crowd
featured on the credits for one weekend that autumn
so briefly you walked into the story of our lives
a year later as your memory began to fade
that face reappeared for another scene
at first not recognised with your changed role
out of place and image redesigned
entering in to play another bit part in our life story
are you just a super star seeking work
a free spirit who’ll comes and go from time to time
you joined our lives for the shortest of season
and then you were gone to birmingham and barbados
where are you now jim I wondered the other day
a thought that came and went just like you did
and what of me where am I today
how many lives do I enter as a fleeting glance
you were there that today and have been gone since then

what does it take to be you jim
what does it take to be like you

31.03.01