I can see
her smile so far away.
Eternity
blinks in shadowed hours.
Only
darkness remains of yesterday,
Grainy
visions where time cowers.
Beyond my
grasp her reaching hand,
Into
blackness, despair now guides.
Hope
filled vistas, now barren sand,
On
evening’s tide, death soon rides.
Cold
bleak mornings, dreams shattered,
Leaving
gray dawn’s sad leeching care.
Strong
fists tremble, only she mattered,
Her laugh,
her touch, in our secret lair,
Where
once we built a castle to abide,
With love
we thought lasting forever.
Death’s
parting shot, no place to hide,
Done in
Reaper’s web, not so clever.
Alone once
again, as in youth long past,
Day yet
to face with promises to keep,
In dull acceptance
of fearful fate cast,
I await
with open arms dreamless sleep.
Final
lesson learned after all these years:
Nothing
lasts forever, except our tears.
A final farewell to my wife Joyce in this 2014 year of hell's kiss, loved one beyond measure... and beyond time. Yeah... baby, you will be missed to the end of days.
