I Wandered Lonely As My Grief
“I wandered lonely as a cloud” - William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as my grief
Refused denial, never left
Swept over me with no relief
A distant soul alone, bereft.
Meandering, lost in plain sight
A wingless mourner seeking flight.
And yet within a heart still stirred
To waken memories not lost
A still, small voice, just barely heard.
Cold tears the melting of love’s loss
As day turns into darkened fear
Of emptiness and no one there.
Her scent no longer in the air
Her presence fading way too fast
Her touch alive in dreams unfair.
I slumber sadly in our past
Consumed, it seems, with being there
Unable to be free of here.
For love it seems cannot abide
The painful act of moving on
As loving’s feelings still reside
Within the heart from dusk till morn
For in the murkiness between
A glimpse of her may still be seen.
©9/18/2022
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