Peace

(A lone voice whispers) In the lower levels of spiritual existence We once roamed Alone and lonely Forlornly Looking for true love And all its mysterious emotional energy Hidden away In our empty homes And like a red rose Blooming in a garden of thorns I found you Like a rare diamond amongst the coal Blowing your triumphant golden horn We danced Sang and laughed together And our happiness seemed forever But Fate That unseen handler of so many From The Great In-Between Intervened Then you were once more lost The ever-expanding sea From dark shores Had reached us and you were beached Somewhere Between Where and there Between us But Regret is a grey smoke I will never breathe Pain A tablet of separation I will never take For our life Together although short Will vibrate Throughout my eternity Forever For memories make a person once broken Smile filled with happy thoughts Though unspoken For pain and regret are always blowing like hungry Vampiric seeds in the loose winds Hoping to take root and grow in the garden of sad hearts Which invite them in Sadness found in regret and pain Should be cleansed by remembering All those happier times For that's how I remain Profound For even though now My old love and me Don't share the same Common ground Like Rose DeWitt Bukater and Jack Dawson In that famous Titanic ending scene We'll dance forever Together In my dreams (C) Copyright John Duffy