Barney
Once I sat there engaged and waiting
Although it seemed to be, that the rolls were rotating
I discovered the many expectations
Remembering many depressed, idle aspirations
Then I heard an alternate, lonely awaiting,
At this time pillows and tissues were accommodating.
Felt like surviving, but with a deficiency,
Your absence stung and left only a shadow of your proficiency.
It’s all great and all new,
There will be others, but none of them are you.
I know you were leaving, moving on,
From a distance I'm grieving, as though you are gone.
Gone from this world,
Well at least from mine.
Now I feel so broken,
like only half a design.
It is only you that can fix my mind,
But now you’re not, mine has resigned.
Resigned from trying and complying,
Drag my feet along in between my crying.
Copyright © April Willcox | Year Posted 2021
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