Saaxiib Qurux Badan

I still recall those crazy nights
Days our love was at its height
The madness and the passion that we shared
Waking early in the gloom
Beside you in that attic room
Magazines and letters everywhere
. . . The smell of winter in the air
With you I feel alive and clean
And happier than I’ve ever been
When I’m alone it’s hard to bear

One day I will lose you and that I know
But sure as hell I’m gonna be yours forever
(Sure as heaven)
Until that day I’ll still be loving you
The way I do while we're together
I’ll be loving you, still loving you

Silences and sudden strains
Fall between us now again
I know you’re always on your guard
But you dont have to be sweet to me
Be what you want to be
Be rude and brutal if you are

One day I will lose you and that I know
But sure as hell I’m gonna be yours forever
(Sure as heaven)
Until that day I’ll still be loving you
The way I do while we’re together
I’ll be loving you, still loving you

– “Still Loving You”
by Tom Robinson
(from the 1986 album,
Still Loving You)

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – December 3, 2023
• October Afternoon
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – October 1, 2023
• September Garden
• Like a Lotus Flower
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – June 4, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – February 14, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – January 16, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – August 25, 2022
• In the Stillness and Silence of This Present Moment
• I Need Do Nothing . . . I Am Open to the Living Light
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – November 25, 2021
• Blue Yonder
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – June 29, 2021
• What We Crave
• “So You Can Only See Beautiful Things”
• November Musings
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – November 18, 2020
• The Landscape Is a Mirror
• My Love, “Return to the Root of the Root of Your Own Soul”
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – April 16, 2019
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – March 29, 2019

Image: Saaxiib Qurux Badan (“Beautiful Friend”), Saint Paul, MN – Michael J. Bayly (12/8/23).