I want to be back
Sitting on someone’s floor
at a party I’ve gate-crashed
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 for the first time
The Beatles
Buffy Sainte Marie
The Everly Brothers
Leonard Cohen
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.
© Andrea Neidle, My Life in Poems