A Final Goodbye

In my dim-lit realm of sleep are my dreams Where I paint her face with my long yearning Then languished in shades dark with silent screams Until my eyes leave trails of tears burning As I was a friend and one she could trust Never a thought of her lover to be She often spoke of the love's she mistrust And how her heart always needs to be free Time passed in life's timeless motion of years While clouds drifted across ten Autumn skies A door opens she suddenly appears To say her final goodbye with her sighs This night of return was a lonely kiss And one she gave for me to reminisce 7/3/20 contest The one who got away