Dropped the pillows off my headI was lying on the bedAnd the room was filled with smoke, and my despairWhen the rain came weeping downLike a shroud around the townAnd its humid fingers matted in my hair’Something snapped inside my brainSomething made it very plain That the sogginess of life was only meSo I sat up and I wroteI put six words in a noteAnd I threw it out the windowTo the street far below. Six words that saved meFrom the nightmare that enslaved meFloated on the raindrops to the pavement far belowSomeone found them lying thereSomeone cared enough to careAnd I watched her like you watch a falling starAnd I smiled ’cause I could seeShe had turned to smile at meI had written just: “I love you, whoever you are.”
A story from Try and Stop Me has a little girl in an institution (orphanage maybe; my copy’s hiding) engaging in furtive behavior, so they’re watching her, and they see her leave a note in the fence. It turns out to say, “Whoever finds this, I love you.”
Later, in the 50s, a version of this was used in an EC comic, except the girl there was seriously deformed and meets a sad fate due to the blundering of her guardians.
Adiraiju about 6 years ago
Her sweet baboo went into hiding, I assume!
jarvisloop about 6 years ago
In this one strip, Sparky perfectly captured the despair of being alone and unwanted.
gantech about 6 years ago
“Good night, my someone, good night, my love…” ~ from the Broadway musical, Music Man
F-Flash about 6 years ago
A Valentine to “whom it may concern”?
Saddenedby Premium Member about 6 years ago
where ever you are……………
falcon_370f about 6 years ago
Dropped the pillows off my headI was lying on the bedAnd the room was filled with smoke, and my despairWhen the rain came weeping downLike a shroud around the townAnd its humid fingers matted in my hair’Something snapped inside my brainSomething made it very plain That the sogginess of life was only meSo I sat up and I wroteI put six words in a noteAnd I threw it out the windowTo the street far below. Six words that saved meFrom the nightmare that enslaved meFloated on the raindrops to the pavement far belowSomeone found them lying thereSomeone cared enough to careAnd I watched her like you watch a falling starAnd I smiled ’cause I could seeShe had turned to smile at meI had written just: “I love you, whoever you are.”
Ed Ames
Kip W about 6 years ago
A story from Try and Stop Me has a little girl in an institution (orphanage maybe; my copy’s hiding) engaging in furtive behavior, so they’re watching her, and they see her leave a note in the fence. It turns out to say, “Whoever finds this, I love you.”
Later, in the 50s, a version of this was used in an EC comic, except the girl there was seriously deformed and meets a sad fate due to the blundering of her guardians.
Number Three about 6 years ago
I remember Snoopy counting his Valentine’s Cards in front of Charlie Brown and the more cards Snoopy got, the more depressed Charlie Brown got.
Poor ol’ Charlie Brown.
xxx
Train 1911 about 6 years ago
Love you to Patty