Fantasia

And I cannot make you go
If you’re set on staying.
And I cannot make you live
If you’re set on dying.

There was a road, down this way,
When we used to live here.
We used to laugh  and laugh
And talk the sun down.

Now there is silence 
As the years roar forward,
And even the music 
Isn’t enough.

To drown our estrangement
We jump into a river
Of the days past
And shiver in the cold.

There is nothing left
But swallows on the silken wind,
And silence that wafts in empty echoes,
And the dying leaf that whispers to the ground.

Orange blossoms and rancheros
Wooden fences and golden hills
Shining, dying, flying, falling
Our memories Fantasia.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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March 19, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Well the weekend is upon us and I am trying to get as many poems read as possible today as I will be gone most of the weekend from the Soup. I enjoyed reading your poetry today and I wish you a wonderful weekend filled with inspiration Danne. Love, Carol
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