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A Craig Cornish Contest; New Year's Old Wishes
...2 Jan 2025...re- post for Favorite # 3 Contest
Old Wishes
Old wishes drift on tainted strands
gathering mist, out to the sky--
a balmy tree where our restful arms entwine
that soon... stars ebb and glimmer far
like kisses fierce, then gently tossed
into many decades of moonlight and gust.
On the last of winter's flakes,
pale shadows came for you unannounced---
I bled, agonized on piles of shattered ice
homeless within our cozy room...where are you?
And swallows reel across the tracks
my breathing low, engraved with sighs
upon dim tears and gentle rain ;
this need to grow old with you undone:
I dream no longer of new season's list
As aging years become—cold, languid
While birdsong’s hymn remind me...
How lovely your eyes are, asleep.
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