Song For Cilla (Poetry)

Oh, anyone who had a heart
would feel some sadness touch the day
an item on the news announced
your cheerful self had passed away.

Your star from a dark cavern rose —
we watched your dizzy rise to fame
up sixties’ charts, then TV shows
’til everybody knew your name.

The redhead with the gutsy voice —
dramatic, passionate with pleas
to Alfie as the lyrics soared
that time recalled so vividly.

Nostalgia has us harking back
to those lost heydays — life was fun
so full of energy and hope —
a revolution had begun ...

The world has changed, but some things last —
Blind Dates still find a love that’s true
and ever-constant. All their thanks
plus a whole nation’s due to you.

Now, once again you’re headline news
your record’s playing clear and loud
and somewhere out there in the blue
we hope you hear it and feel proud.