Without You

Such innocence, my youth was lost, so unprepared To hear the rattling chains, or depth of deep despair No use pretending to the pitch of restless sleeping How useless expecting yesterday was ours for keeping The mantel clock still continues to tick away A pale rising sun still labors to start the day I know every crack in the city sidewalk I know every star in the December sky The cozy place we drank our cafe' lattes' Where we shared and laughed and talked The pace has slowed, now the sidewalk never ends Coffee bitter tasting, the cheery place now dim The smile that filled the empty rooms Still resonates, but lacks a tune Yet as winter's storm has passed and spring appears The year...this year or perhaps..., another year I'll come to know that you are here.... You tossed your seeds into the wind And scattered them across the land When darkness comes to hide the sun I know this now....my dearest one... Your presense, my friend, ..is never gone...