Gypsy Woman <br /> <br />Madam Bushka she called herself <br />As she pulled a book from the shelf <br />Look into the crystal ball <br />It will reveal it all <br /> <br />Let me read the lines in your hand <br />Look on and I’ll tell you a story young man <br />Sit, sit this won’t take long <br />Words to my ears like a love song <br /> <br />Look here and you will see <br />Your past, present, and your future history <br />Look into my eyes I was told <br />She saw I was hurting, bitter, and cold <br /> <br />Hatred, contempt she saw in my heart <br />These ill feelings shall tear you apart <br />Live and let die she said to me <br />Better things are ahead you’ll see <br /> <br />I see money more than you could spend <br />I see cars, boats, around the bend <br />I see you on a horse on twenty acres of land <br />Only if you put more money in my hand <br /> <br />All these things shall come to pass <br />But nothing from nothing can ever last <br />Sensual words flew from her lips <br />When she said these things are at my finger tips <br /> <br />I couldn’t believe my ears nor eyes <br />All she said must be lies <br />No my son she said to me <br />Just believe and you shall see <br /> <br />Only one thing I ask of you <br />Give unto me what is due <br />I sat for awhile and I wondered <br />What could she want my first child I pondered <br /> <br />Then she took a sip of red wine <br />And said no just what is rightfully mine <br />Listen my son and listen well <br />Pay now or dam your soul to hell <br /> <br />My pockets ran dry and I ran a cold sweat <br />A dreadful night if I could only forget <br />How could I lose everything I had <br />Wishful thinking from a young lad<br /><br />Wilfred Mellers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gypsy-woman/