The Party Next Door

• The Party Next Door

The Party Next Door

I had hoped to be a pin
A brief and graceful shimmer
To pierce that darkest water
To lodge down in the deep

But the heart has other ideas
The heart has a mind of its own
The heart knows how many beats remain
The heart keeps this to itself

Four beats in the bar at last drinks
Three more as I climbed the stairs
Two to the fall of the curtain
In one more time to the bed

I was a story made up in my head
I was drowned by the sounds
Of a party next door
And left the old sea waiting

I mingled with the revellers
Wallflower as a ghost
They were arms in arms and dancing
They were swilling down a toast

I was the background radiation
In their kisses, in their cheers
The heartbeat of the party
I was the spirit of new years

I was a story made up in my head
I was drowned by the sounds
Of a party next door
And left the old sea waiting

I had hoped to be a pin
A shimmer never found
But they found me in the morning
And now the story's out

© Brendan Bonsack
December 2021

1. The Lodger Returned
2. Someday Maybe Someday
3. Best Laid Scheme
4. Speaking with the Fishes
5. The Party Next Door
6. Crash in Yellow

The Lodger
Released December 2021