Sunday, October 13, 2019

We were such friends; but Life was such



We met after a long time 

in a dream, the dream 
that lasted a night long 

we spoke, and we spoke of things 
that had occurred to us, and that
we just thought had occurred 

she asked, where my whims were gone
I said, gone, and long gone 
with the western wind gone wild 

she asked, where my thrills were gone 
I said, washed, and washed out 
in the ravelling skeins of a ceaseless rain, 

she asked, where my laughter was gone 
I said, drawn, and withdrawn 
into the caves of a crazy understanding

she asked, where my smile was gone 
I then smiled a smile in vain
lo, woken up was I from the dream,


And she was gone, gone without a word

a paleness fading into a stubborn light: 
I'd wanted to ask her all the same




 And then Life keeps changing, so do friends and so do I. . .

It's all the same, we're all the same...yet another.