I went through days
living with the reckoning
that you are gone from me
gone gone, long gone
down a corridor of years
that echoes with longing
and bittersweet memories
of times
our souls and bodies touched
only then to be flung apart
by forces we knew not
now left here
festering in this slowly beating breast
are memories
shards of recollection
that throw silvery shadows
across time
reminding me of an empty longing place
once filled
sometimes by tenderness
often by agony
which made my soul
swell and ache
oh breaking heart
help me to let go
what must be left behind
so that now
what is gone gone gone
along a corridor of years
can disappear
releasing
old pain
that steals
precious
present
peace
Emerging From The Dark Night 