Leave Me Softly

Leave me softly 

And when you do

Leave me, please, a piece of you

I'd say don't go

I'd beg, drop and try

But what good will that do

When our dreams have run dry

Leave me softly

Leave me quick

Rip the band-aid, in a jiff 

Darling dear, please come back

Bring my only reason,

The love once we had

I'm sorry, my love

For my love

Wasn't good

The things I didn't do

Even though 

I knew I should

I starve for your voice,

For your touch,

For your sweet sudden charm

But I broke your heart girl,

Even though,

I didn't mean no harm

And when you're fifty

And I'm forty-nine

Please, my love, pardon my crime

For I'll wait

Until that day

And do my time

Leave me softly 

Leave me blue

Leave me not, an inch of you

I had fallen

Thought you had fallen too

But my dreams, they did never come true

 - Ritvij. At home, Raebareli. 21/Sep/22.