Now That You Have Gone

Now that you have gone I meander through lush memories, of when we were young, and, your heart was given so tenderly, and my soul, rejoiced in receiving it The years passed and I saw the snow fall, and I discerned, that you received it's chill, with open arms... my zeal and affection was not enough to warm you and the last of our embers died. Why did you not have the courage or the will to resist the cold? The stars I fought so hard to attain, you returned them, without so much as a thought, or a thank you. I watched, helplessly as our life unraveled , as time and unexpected events pulled our heartstrings in different directions My cello and I have become solitary companions, and I stroke her strings now and she resonates with me but only in a soulful dirge I used to bathe in our memories, until you dirtied the waters, and now I'm stuck in the mud that you left behind The stars have departed now, I gave them their wings and released them with a soulful sigh I look back for one last time at what was, but now is not and will never be again, I trudge onward, the path to the future growing ever dimmer now that you ... have gone. John Derek Hamilton November 24, 2020