Layla, you got me on my knees
I heard your call for prayer
Don’t have a recurrence, please
My heart would grip and seize
Because it isn’t fair
Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, you deserve this the least
You had such lovely hair
Don’t have a recurrence, please
Always healthy, fighting the beast
They say we get what we can bear
Layla, you got me on my knees
You’re an artist, someone we need
I wish your pain I could share
Don’t have a recurrence, please
Always loving, not consumed by greed
I don’t want you to go anywhere
Layla, you got me on my knees
Don’t have a recurrence, please
Layla.
Call for Prayer by E. Martin Pedersen | Garden Lavender Poetry Reed Diffuser Set
E. Martin Pedersen, originally from San Francisco, has lived for over forty years in eastern Sicily, where he taught English at the local university and played in clubs with his acoustic band. He has published three collections of very short poems, Bitter Pills, Smart Pills and Chill Pills (bilingual edition, translated by the author) (Cyberwit.net), a chapbook, Exile's Choice (Kelsay), and a full collection, Method & Madness (Odyssey). After retirement, Martin and his wife, Daniela, moved to the country on Tindari Bay to take up gardening and go on long walks in the woods with their dog, Kiki.
