Tony Bush Poet Verse

I Am Nothing

Never care for me, 
Nor waste the dreaming night, 
Nor lose the waking hours, 
Nor hold my memory tight; 
But for all the hearts and flowers 
Proffered with my fondest wishes, 
In summer rains and winter showers 
Fade the ghosts of all my kisses; 
I am nothing once again 
And as nothing shall remain. 

Never want for me, 
Nor curse the sinking sun, 
Nor grieve at my decay, 
Nor feel I was the one; 
But for all I burned to say, 
Spoken with elegiac dying, 
With my heart all wrought away 
By the echoes of your crying; 
I am nothing in my sum 
And as nothing shall become. 

Never pray for me, 
Nor the dreams I fed upon, 
Nor waste any shred of sleep, 
Nor miss me when I'm gone; 
But for all the things I keep 
Treasured with profound believing, 
Sunk within me good and deep 
As the ghost I am is leaving; 
I am nothing, you will learn 
And to nothing shall return.

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