The sunshine that shone through the
Dirty Windows of her old farm house
Warmed her cheek, resurrecting her
Heart of tears
Tired of thinking of her haunting
Regrets, of a love she threw to
The wind, she turned her gaze
Towards snowflakes that fell
Quietly on her doorstep
The sound of the hindges
On the broken gate
Swinging on a cold morn
Was the only voice that
Came without a curse
So beautiful was she,
The talk of the tavern
And of every hungry
Heart that peared at
Her through cracked
Doors
To many nights had
I dreamed of her kiss
No sunrise could match
The long flow of her silken
Hair
Nothing between me and
Her but time and space and
Wisdom that vanished from
My tongue
I felt as nothing in her
Presence yet she was
Never unkind
Her smile nurtured me
In a hope against all
Hope
She was the courage of
Every war I'd yet to fight
The mountain I might
Never climb
Between heaven and
Earth there are stars
And cool rivers and
She stood between
The two enchanting
Me as Venus with
Breasts afire
A massive stone
At the entrance of
My unmarked grave
Was the only testimony
Of my vanquished existence
I found myself often slumped
Over the cold rails of a lonely
Bridge that separated the small
Town from the vast stretch of
Snow covered hills of a vast
Stretch of farm land
My gaze set upon and ice
Covered lake, my destiny
Carved in forgotten
Footprints in a heart
That time forgot
My hands numb from
The cold, I loosened
My grip from the cold
Rails to walk away..
Walking slowly she
Approached me wearing
Her fur coat and hat
With a smile she wrapped
Her arm in mine and saw
The terror of my every
Forgotten dream
She melted every
Desolation of my
Heart and gave me
Absolution
On Blackstone Bridge..

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