Dawning of a thinner future,

Squinting against the bleak robin’s egg sky,

Broken breaths in a washed-out world

Blander food, fainter smells, cooler touches.

You’ve taken the colors with you

The birds sing for someone else.

The trees bristle and shake, shivering

They see me, alone, and whisper hello.

The pain undulates, off-shore, bobbing on the sea

Blown about, with the tides, east and west

Our places, our songs, our friends, floating on,

carried on the winds of change, to nowhere in particular.

I miss your smile, your tender hands.

Your love filled me up, a cracked vessel,

Healing, binding my broken bones.

Your earthen eyes, where...

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