Today’s Poem: Farewell

 

 

 Farewell

 

With sorrow falling on me now

I trace your initials on the glass

So frozen in my solitude

And cringing at all needy tasks

Your face has crawled up to the moon

To glow with messages profound

First looking at me as to speak

Then never uttering a sound

All other yearnings are hollowed cold

My figuring has all run dry

Persevering has grown old

I simply shut my eyes and sigh

And there my piano beckons me

I often see it turn to dust

Then blow away the powdered tunes

Haunting refrains roll into crust

So shaken in this pattern of

Your words that still speak of our dreams

And though I’ve sewed it to look new

You fray it and rest in the seams

Hanging higher, you’re smiling now

There inside my solemn impressions

Farewell, my love, I long for sleep

And I shall toss with that intention

 

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