April 18, 2018Poem
I miss her so much.
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I miss her so much.
Take heed of this
It is a moment
Never to return
They never do
No matter how many times
They are revisited
A little piece of what you see
Is replaced
A weather faded memory
Drinking coffee
On the waterfront
Watching big ships roll by
Tying up, casting off
Discovery cruises
Carrying a host of
Geriatric dreamers
Trying to see the world
From a sun deck
Honeymooners
Barely seeing daylight
One candlelit dinner away
From heaven
Even as you sit
There is a nod to absence
A quiet wish
This could be shared
An empty hope
A strange sensation
Of subtle subterfuge
No replacement
Ever conferred
On a present tense
Starkly drawn
Smudged in charcoal tears
A brittle truth realised
But for happenstance
You would not be here
To see this
On balance
You might prefer not to be.