Magic In A Lady

His beat-up    old    car

  Rolls forward

    From the     west cost

    To the          east cost

     Filled to the    roof

     With all of his      things

       His stereo sings     songs of love

      And of profound      change

       And as the leaves        fall off of the trees

          He tries to                 believe 

         His beat-up old         car

         Will make it that far     before winter

           So they can finally     be      together

          Splitting rent   In a    small    one bedroom     apartment

           It’s all he wants       in his    life right now

          It’s the changing      of his season

It’s him believing     in his soul

That this a love      that’ll grow

Into magic

      This is it,          the big risk 

       An opportunity        for a special     kind of home

        One he wouldn’t let     slip through his fingers

         3 months since         he’s seen her

          But her smell       still lingers      on his clothes

           He truly            believes

           This is his      season 

              This is the      time

                 For his new    life

                  This is       right

     His car       rolling away        from his old home

     Taking him to a place       where he won’t be      alone

      No more       loving through a phone

        No more miles                  between him                       and her

         The stripes     on the road       pass in a blur

           His dog sits in      his passenger seat

             Head out of the window 

              His tongue       flopping around       in the wind

Everything within him

   Tells     him

    This      is     right

      Love     is not     a fight

     To take a chance     on a love     like this

          To risk it all        for the fall 

          It is       without a doubt

        The right call

Some      think     he’s a romantic   and  a    little    crazy

       But    he believes     he’s finally found it

                  Magic in a lady.

-CH 10/5/25