The English U

I'll preserve the U

Preserve the English U, for you

For you because you always knew

Where it would be

I want to save the U

Safeguard the English U, for you

For you, because I need

I need to find the you

You wanted me to see

I want to know the comma

Though I neglect to honour

Every breath implied, uncertain of its need

Happenchance I am wanton

Misplacing or forgotten

You were always sure to tell me what to read

I am made quite otherwise it seems

A criminal to grammar

To apostrophe - the hammer

All that you made matter as to dream

Read to me, I'm always listening

I wish to spell correctly

To spell is elementary

And that I fail is not to disagree

I'm pretty sound with tenses

With when and which and whences

But the order of the letters are degrees

I am made quite otherwise it seems

A criminal to grammar

To apostrophe - the hammer

All that you made matter as to dream

Read to me, I'm always listening

You kept beautiful words in soft carbon pages

As beautiful worlds went missing in stages

Scattered in sandstorms and stolen in rages

A cache of books inside your pillow cases

Read to me, I'm always listening