Leonard Cohen heard his old lover was dying
so penned her a touching letter.
He must have pictured their years in Greece
feeling as immortal as Zeus,
drinking and smoking under an azure Aegean sky,
laughing ,caressing, old age far ahead
now the days of their youth are long since dead.
He wrote the poignant song Marianne,
a farewell tune full of pathos
but Hydra times lay decades in the past,
once youthful bodies decaying.
Yes, he pictures their years in Greece
writing that he would very soon depart
like poor Marianne...who once shared his heart.