Serenity - 2023

Under these bright, unfamiliar skies,
My forsaken night is your lonely sunrise,
I stare at your image and fail to let go.
I will anchor the memories in my head,
For the rainy days, in this sunlit land, ahead.
Thank you for teaching me much I had to know.

Strong and beautiful an entity you are,
Bearing without complaint many a scar,
Yet from you, only gentleness would flow.
I miss your tender touch at moon’s rise,
And wonder; what were the limits of these highs,
Since as days passed my bliss did only grow…

In that most precious of currencies; time,
We were but paupers, with nary a dime,
And I know: my ambition has made it so.
I don’t apologize; it would not hold true,
You know this was the path I had to pursue,
To this continent of lead, strife, and hope go.
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Yet, I gently rage against the threads of chance,
That let our paths cross in time’s vast expanse,
When the arrow was knocked and taut the bow.
As the sun burns this land and boils its sea,
While across the skies, the rains fall, think of me,
And hope we both find serenity’s glow.