Next to the river I mourned sorrow
It raged a Nile, raged w’out a morrow
My heart beared heavy remembrance
While in my hands
A voice converted into snapshot remnants.
*
I held the recording device to my ear
Finally, finally, purging time’s near
Lil’ brook of a fountain’s voice, so divine
Surged into a roar
Though through it all, I could still hear mine
*
I said: I’m in pain
She said: I promise to not disdain
I told her, I spake the word, I cried
Carry me now, tears…
I thought you’d like to be my bedside
*
November shards of heart would drip
Through the air’s chilly stills were the sound of a stifled rip
A whirlpool of hopes, I’m thinking
The waterbed gave IN
I was reliving, relieving, sinking…
*
Then I broke the water surface suddenly apart
A fresh awakening, a new start
In last commemoration of what was to be
The ripples took on tears
Before they cleared and turned into…me
