FAREWELL

"Fare thee well If not forever, still forever Pride which not a word could bow Bow to you, and by you rejected Fare thee well" Not now nor ever shall I Seek the directions of your natal star Nor crave your unyielding heart Nor forever seek your quaint embroid beauty Or the presence of your invisible steps Or the shadows of your inexorable and invincible appearance But shall forever cast the burden of the budding seed a requiem and a will- o- wisp. No more the taunting of a stony ego No more whispering to the unfamished ears of toxic rejection All these streams of flagellation And the caressing of the springs of agelong mutuality Shall be numbed in tranquility "Fare thee well, if not forever." Yet forever