Terry Loves Louise
Walking along a suburban road with the weight of the world on my
shoulders
worrying about the state of a world where civilians are forced to fight
soldiers
newspaper headlines scream discord and war,
while pollution pervades ocean deep
I turned on the six o clock news and I saw pictures that made my skin
creep
there’s a drought in Northern Africa bringing famine and disease
But then I saw this graffiti that read “Terry Loves Louise”
In this dirty city where the rain can’t wash the trash away
and people are pissed off working long hours for low pay
it’s good to see the poetry of love on lonely streets
and I like to think a little magic sparks when Louise and Terry meet.
On one wall it says “Jesus loves you” on another it’s “Save whales and
trees”
but a lone cry for some understanding just reads “Terry loves Louise”
I have never met them and they don’t know myself
but it’s nice to know that somebody somewhere loves someone else
On a junction box painted dreary grey on a street where the gardens are
dead
standing out like a beacon of hope for us all, fifteen letters in car spray red
it’s a moment of inspiration that could bring the whole world to its knees
to pray for some salvation with the words “Terry Loves Louise”.
Though I have never met them and they don’t know myself
it’s nice to know that somebody somewhere loves someone else
It’s another rainy Saturday, windy with a grey sky
but there’s a little warmth and tenderness when Terry and Louise pass by.
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