half past noon, sixteenth
the light of my life came forth
yet I am shadowed
struggle over years
gone unrecognized
only the mistakes
made into these bricks
a wall between two beings
such selfish mortar
does not life hurt all
no being without such pain
you think you’re alone
hands once reached through brick
slapped away incessantly
old dogs learn new tricks
distant uncaring
be careful what you wish for
all life has limits
lessons returning
time and the years will teach you
all you now avoid
time comes for us all
I cannot be immortal
so I tell you now
though you disbelieve
I have missed you all my life
weary from crying
still celebrate you
gone gone gone so far beyond
never looking back
some far flung future
perhaps you will visit me
flowers on my grave
no matter this life
in that place where all is one
still my love lives on