Ja 'Quelle

When the lights go off
When curtains are drawn  
When stillness settles here
    
 I lie thinking 
        
 It is you swirling in me like feathers in soft winds or letters over an ocean
  
 Like a little girl swings in spring time
 Swaying slow
 At the bus stops by the ways where vineyards grow
 At times you try  and hide 
Some how your feelings show:
 Puddled eyes, swaying hips both arms in a hold, 
 Drawing circles in the sand with the end of your toes    
 
 Over time you became so quiet     
 I left you in the stillness the nostalgic silence like the lost bow of a violin
Perhaps in time retirements
Perchance someday we'll find it
 
 You fell and wept, I knelt as you bled, there's a scar that I've nursed on the side of your leg 
              
 Ja 'quelle
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