The Old Bijoux Theater

*The old Bijoux closed today.
After all this time it closed its doors.
It is empty now overtaken by technology and time.
Its silver screens have graced the best of Hollywood.
How often I have sat here with you my love.
Watching Bogart and Bacall share a kiss.
Later returning to our small flat
to make tea and love.
You were so beautiful my angel
all that I ever wanted or needed.
Remember how I stood outside your flat
ion the pouring rain to catch a glimpse of you.
I was so in love with you
So in love.
You have gone now of course
Such beauty is for the Gods
not for ordinary men like me.
I shall miss this old place so much
watching the old movies flickering on the screen.
I know I did not move on quiet as I should.
You see my heart was very broken and sadly
still remains so even after all these years.
But sometimes in an old movie
that we have seen a hundred times.
yes I know the endings are always the same.
But I feel your hand slip softly into mine
and I can feel it there again
and just for a moment
all is well in my world once more.

I would not change a thing about us my love.
Even knowing how broken I would be
and that my heart would be vacant for evermore.
for once in my life I reached for a star
and for a fleeting moment
I held it in my hands.