The Last Thing I Heard Her Say - John Parish

I was in the water when you grabbed me from behind

Your arms around my neck

It was more than fifteen years

Since you or me left

Was I supposed to be surprised

You kissed me

Wiping chlorine from my eyes

Did you leave me

Or I leave you

Voted third most beautiful

Eleven hundred in our school

I had you number one

And how I remember you turning up

To trade me for a younger flame

Barely sixteen years to my name

Did you leave me

Or I leave you

Did I leave you or you leave me

She said, «I scored two out of three

And was the third revenge for you»

Her smile was cold the water blue

We clung onto the side a while

Afraid of letting go

«is it you or my youth I’ve been missing so bad»

She turned and swam away

Was the last thing I heard her say