There Was A Time

There was a time,
many years ago, when,
those we loved,
took control of lives, then

we would know,
we were swaddled,
bundled with warm
clothes and coddled

and "have a new
place to dwell.
Down the edge of loneliness,
at the Heartbreak Hôtel."

Thank you, Elvis
for those words, I say,
for those are my thoughts,
every living way.