Past Parting (3/18/07)

Ah, what times we had back then!
Would that this elegiac song
Might sweep us back around that bend,
To when our parting made us strong.

You left today with five farewells;
I gladly matched embrace with hug.
If I dumped snow way down on Hell
It might have made the Devil shrug.

But you, sweet you, kind you, sad you
Were not inclined to give a smile
When I gave all to tug it through.
I ran in vain five parting miles.

And in my sprint I chased your tears,
Those drops of sorrow, tainted dark,
Condensed of bitter loss and fears
of pining for and yearning stark.

Ah, what times we had back then!
Would that this elegiac song
Might sweep us back around that bend,
To when our parting made us strong.

I know, my love, that what I write
Is striking something deep inside.
My one request is that you fight
To loose the vines that have you tied.

Resist that rising flood of grief
and turn it back, prevent a spill.
You can win for yourself relief
by calling on your strength of will.

The water rises steadily
But you can watch its frothing arc
and beat it back most readily
whene'er you hear its call and hark.

Ah, what times we had back then!
Would that this elegiac song
Might sweep us back around that bend,
To when our parting made us strong.

I will not stand aside and watch
You struggle with this liquid foe.
From range I will this arrow notch,
Loosed lethally at your sorrow.

Ah, what times we have ahead!
When this sweet elegiac song
Does sweep us back around that bend,
Our parting once again made strong.