Renewal
(A lone voice whispers)
Is this the final time for you and me
To part from visiting my white room
In the Great In-Between
For this morning I read
As God once said
In Isaiah 43:18-19
I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland
And I can faintly hear brass bands playing a sad tune in the distance
Via my automatic scrying machine
And a soft voice whispering
It's no use staying
She needs time to heal
To restart and feel
So maybe
Another time around in this crazy circle
With no rehearsal
It may last
Even though our love is dead and buried
Maybe next time we can just find a way to continue to be true friends
Who makes each other
Gasp
To try to make it better than the last
So tonight I open up my old tired diary
And just write in big letters
Never forget
Your only love
Mary
The kind woman who once carried you
When life once got so heavy
(C) Copyright John Duffy
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