Beverly Read Poet Free verse

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Written in another lifetime some years ago.  But it was real at the time.

Rainy Gray Friday

On a rainy gray Friday
I sat and thought of you;
thought of prices paid
just for your company;
thought of lonely days,
silent days, lengthened days,
with no sight or sound of you.
It’s not the past I fear,
but the future I dread.
A future with no certainty
except of pain and longing,
never satisfied, eased only
for moments, reappearing
stronger for the respite.

Submitted Aug 30, 2016

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Viv Wigley August 31, 2016 at 12:28 AM POignant, and bleak, but since it was written a while ago, I hope the future has been a little rosier. Lovely write, Beverly. Viv x Beverly Read August 31, 2016 at 11:18 AM The future has been a lot rosier. There have been no such sad Fridays in my new long lifetime. But what empathy the experience taught me!

Tim Smith August 30, 2016 at 3:41 PM it has a nice melancholy feel to it Beverly. A moment in time that I have been at as well. Beverly Read August 31, 2016 at 11:20 AM It was very melancholy and I can easily remember my state of mind. It keeps me thankful for my now.

Louis Borgo August 30, 2016 at 2:46 PM nice pen, Louis. Beverly Read August 30, 2016 at 3:01 PM Thank you, Louis.