Maestro2013 Poetry (3)

I Travel This Road of Life
Like Everyone
In Half Repose
The Views Quickly Dismissed
Vaguely Seen
Dimly Remembered

The Scenes
They Come And Go
Like Nightly Dreams
Vaguely Seen
Dimly Remembered

And The Memories
Of Loved Ones
Fade
Become Nebulous
Like Gossamer Notions
Vaguely seen
Dimly Remembered

Loves
Blossom And Bloom
Then Die And Ash
Like A Memory Of Death
Vaguely Seen
Dimly Remembered

The Memory Itself Dims
And Twists
Like An Image Warped
By Distended Glass
Vaguely Seen
Dimly Remembered



And At Road's End
The Special Ones
Lose Their Shape
Lose their Substance
Vaguely Seen
Dimly Remembered

With Death
The Special Ones
Once kept Close
In Thoughts
And Feelings
Go Away
Vaguely Seen
Dimly Remembered

But I Remember Her

All the Gentle Touches
All the Private Looks
The Many Times You said,
“I’m Proud of You”
I Can’t Forget
God Knows I’ve Tried



The Jokes at My Expense
The Good Natured Quips
The Easter Dinner You Tried to Make
Just For ME
These Things
I Can’t Erase From My Memory
Though God Knows I’ve Tried


Face to Face
Holding Hands as We Slept
Hearing You Say,
“I Love You”
As the Day Progressed
Is Hard to Get Off My Mind
But, God Knows I’ve Tried

Now, We “Talk” by Email,
Of ALL Things
But, Don’t Really Know What to Say
The Jokes Rare.....
The Conversations Strained
I Want Things the Way They WERE
But I SWEAR
I Will NOT Remember That....



...But.....GOD Knows...

Time Apart....It Strains My heart
Never Seeing, Never Touching, Never Tasting
The Essence of You
....I’m No Longer Strong Enough
Spiraling Down
Losing Control

This Hurting, Longing, The Reaching For You
Exhausts My Soul.....Fatigues My Wholeness
And I’m No longer Strong Enough
Spiraling Down
Losing Control

The Years of Feeling I’m Half of a Whole
The Remaining Part Crying Out To the Missing
How To Go On
If I’m No Longer Strong Enough
And Spiraling Down
Losing Control

The Alternative Seems a Final Ending
But...No
Though All Seems Bleak
There Shows a Glimmer
Could Be Hope
Could Be Possibility

And There I See Happiness...Possibly Destiny
.......It Gives Me Strength Once Again
To Halt The Spiral
And As Long As I Can Hang On
......Perhaps There’s You


And Maybe......Finally
Our Home Sweet Home