I still remember that October day
how the wind swept leaves away
The noon sun glorified raven hair
how it flowed how I had to stare
Painful memories refusing to die
for many years I wondered why
Why cruel winter rueful and gray
bleak and pitiless stole you away
Yet constant as the crescent moon
remembrances of love are strewn
Forever I think on an October day
how the wind swept leaves away.
On and on
thus
passes time.
Listen to me
within
this rhyme.
As the day
gives
to night.
I wish to
hold
you tight.
Too much doubt
within
your head.
Too much woe
within
your bed.
But this won’t
ever
be true.
I think of
me
with you.
cast away this
little poem
beyond the cold brook
cast away the
fairy tale
from a children’s book
toss away this
silly dream
from the dead of night
toss away the
lovely girl
from your bleary sight.
cast away this
ancient chant
from your memory.
cast away the
little poem
and let the past be.
The trains motion
carries me along
into
thoughts of you.
Glimpses of the
past rush by
and
impress me
with their poise.
Distant and faded
vague visions
of fervent times
with you
slip by.
damned soul
that torments me
visions of her
stoic they stay
never did I
ask for our
sacred memories
to haunt me
damned soul
allow my psyche
respite a reprieve
from my reveries
never had we
awakened fully
the love that
raged in us
alone upon a
bleak island
lies my soul
despairing there.