In bed with Leonard Cohen

89 days into lockdown.  And here I am looking back with nostalgia …

 

I want to be back

Back sitting on someone’s floor

at a party I’ve gatecrashed

listening to some gorgeous long haired guy

singing, ‘Suzanne takes you down’

 

And I want to see again

those photos of Elvis

having his hair cut for the army

 

And I want to be again

sneaking into my first X film

hiding cigarettes from my parents

holding hands with someone I’ve only just met

dancing obscenely close in some Soho cellar

 

I want to be kissed again

for the very first time

 

I want to hear Buddy Holly on a juke box

Sip my first coke in a Wimpy bar

my first rum and coke in a real bar

 

I want to be hearing Dylan

The Beatles

The Everly Brothers

Leonard Cohen

for the very first time

 

I want to be hugged by my mum and dad

 

I want to be back

Take me back

 

But here I am

in bed with Leonard Cohen

And his ‘Book of Longing’

 

Longing to be back.

 

“In Bed With Leonard Cohen” was first published in “Wonderland.” ( 2019, Woodland Press)

Copies of this poetry book can be obtained from me. Simply comment below leaving your email address and I will get back to you. The cost of the book is £6.50 including postage within the UK. 50% of any profit from sales will be given to the NHS.

 

© Andrea Neidle, My Life in Poems

© Portrait of Leonard Cohen by M.R.