Renewal

(A lone voice whispers) Is this the final time for you and me To part from visiting my white room In the Great In-Between For this morning I read As God once said In Isaiah 43:18-19 I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland And I can faintly hear brass bands playing a sad tune in the distance Via my automatic scrying machine And a soft voice whispering It's no use staying She needs time to heal To restart and feel So maybe Another time around in this crazy circle With no rehearsal It may last Even though our love is dead and buried Maybe next time we can just find a way to continue to be true friends Who makes each other Gasp To try to make it better than the last So tonight I open up my old tired diary And just write in big letters Never forget Your only love Mary The kind woman who once carried you When life once got so heavy (C) Copyright John Duffy