When Faith Elopes

What are words
  if not remembered

What are feelings
  never spent

What is time
  if not then fleeting

What is love
  not heaven sent

What are gifts
  beneath the wrapping

What are wishes
  beyond all hope

What are words
  if not remembered

What is left
—when faith elopes

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Espiritu Avatar
July 13, 2016 at 11:00 PM
nice poem...
Behm Avatar
July 13, 2016 at 11:01 PM
Thanks!
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