GINGER JAR

THE GINGER JAR CAME TO ME

AS A GIFT OF LOVELY ART.

IT'S BEAUTY ENTHRALLS ALL WHO SEE,

AND IT'S CONTENTS WARM THE HEART.

"OPEN THE LID." HE SAID TO ME,

I DID, AND OH, WHAT I DID SEE.

JEWELS OF GREEN, OF RED, OF BLUE.

HE SAID,"THEY SHOW MY LOVE FOR YOU."

HE LEFT ME THEN, AND WENT AWAY.

HE SAID," I'LL BE BACK SOON,

FOR MY LOVE FOR YOU PULLS ME THROUGH

LONELY NIGHTS 'NEATH THE MOON."

I WAITED EONS, IT SEEMED TO ME,

BUT HIS RETURN WAS DELAYED.

MY ARMS ACHED TO HOLD HIM,

BUT YET, HE STAYED AND STAYED.

I WONDERED MUCH ABOUT HIS LOVE,

WAS IT FOREVER TRUE?

HE SAID TO ME,"I'LL BE BACK SOON."

YET I'M ALONE AND BLUE.

A KNOCK ON THE DOOR CAME TO ME,

I RAN TO SEE IF IT WERE HE!

OH, MY LOVE, MY ONLY LOVE,

JUST CALL ME YOUR "LONESOME DOVE."

I THOUGHT YOU HAD GONE FOR GOOD.

MY HEART WAS TORN FROM NIGHT TIL MORN,

WONDERING IF YOU EVER WOULD

COME BACK, OR LEAVE ME FORLORN.

HE SAID"MY LOVE, I'M HERE FOR YOU,

AND I SHALL ALWAYS BE.

AS THE GINGER JAR FILLED WITH JEWELS

BESIDE YOU, IS THE PLACE FOR ME."

BY:TJ

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