From love’s
long absence sombre visions flee
And crowd her
shadow-burdened heart bereft
Of one who was
yet now may never be.
His phantom haunts
the place that should be free,
A ghost whose
sacrifice cannot be cleft
From love’s
long absence. Sombre visions flee
To gather there
in corners, where debris
Was strewn when
she could not prevent the theft
Of one who was,
yet now may never be
Recalled, except
to prove the first degree
Of separation’s
little less than death.
From love’s
long absence sombre visions flee,
Their genesis
a turbulent decree;
Their exodus
denotes the final breath
Of one who was
yet now may never be.
And still she
searches for the cipher’s key,
To heal the lonely
part yet to be reft
From love’s
long absence; sombre visions flee
Of one who was
yet now may never be.
