In His Sleep

I feel soft ghostly hands around my throat

That want to pull me to the  darkest deep

My husband cannot leave or be remote

He wishes me to join him in his sleep.

 

I shall resist for I desire to live

Though lonely are my hours without his face.

I have no more I wish to give

Now he has taken from me his  kind embrace.

 

As lonely as a swan without its mate.

As tired as swallows after they migrate

I must accept my unconsoled fate

I'll  not believe this be a constant state.

 

From my loss I shall recover when

The birds return and summer comes again
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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January 31, 2016 at 7:43 PM
Katherine, A great pleasure to find and read your poem today. Love -- SKAT --
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February 1, 2016 at 5:58 AM
Thank you so much
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