" AND LIFE GOES ON "

MY LOVE HAS GONE------LEFT ME
T'WAS A SAD AND LONELY DAY THAT DAWNED.
MY HOPEFUL VIGIL, THROUGH THE NIGHT,
AND EVEN THOUGH MY HEART BEAT STRONG AND TRUE,
HE LEFT ME--- CAME DAWN, AND HE WAS GONE.

HE'D LEFT.  FOREVERMORE ----- NOT TO BE SEEN AGAIN-
THE COUNTENANCE THAT I ADORED.  APPEARED A CRACK
THE HEART HEAVY---- THE EYES TEARFILLED.
HE WAS GONE, NEVER TO RETURN AGAIN!      
 THE MOMENT ARRIVED MOST FEARED-- THE DAY OF RECKONING---
THE FINAL PARTING.

SHOULD I REJOICE? NOW HE HAD NO MORE PAIN.  
SHOULD I BE HAPPY?  NOW THERE IS NO MORE SUFFERING.  
NO I AM NOT, I WANT HIM BACK HERE WITH ME. 
HAVE I NOT SUFFERED WITH HIM?
DIED A THOUSAND DEATHS WITH EACH TWINGE OF PAIN HE FELT?

OH LORD, WHY DOST THOU CAUSE US TO SUFFER SO?
WE LOVE----- AND IT HURTS ---- CHILDS LOVE,
ADOLESCENT LOVE---SO PAINFUL AND SWEET,
ADULT   LOVE, STRONG ---EVERLASTING---- HEART BREAKING LOVE.  
T'WAS SAID."BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST,
THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL"-----NOT SO!!!!

LOSING IS MOST PAINFUL----- WHETHER BY DIVORCE OR DEATH.
ONE CAN ONLY GO ON---- EVER MINDFUL--- OF THE LOSS.
THERE IS NO HOPE, IN DEATH, THAT YOUR LOVE WILL RETURN.
TIME HELPS HEAL WOUNDS, BUT THE MIND IS ALWAYS AWARE.
THINGS ARE CHANGED---- HE IS NO LONGER THERE.
SHOULD I FIND ANOTHER???? NO ONE WOULD BE THE SAME
SHOULD THEY BE???

TOMORROW WILL COME---- STRONG AND BRIGHT AND NEW.
LIFE GOES ON----- THOUGH AT TIMES YOU WONDER WHY!!
WE SURVIVE---THROUGH THE LONELIEST OF DAYS--- ACHING HEART,
THE EVERLASTING NIGHTS!!!!! SLEEP THAT WILL NOT COME,
 MEMORIES INVADING THOUGHTS OF TIMES GONE BY
TIMES WHEN THINGS WERE HAPPY---- LOVELY LOVE--- EASY DAYS,
WONDERFUL NIGHTS---- OH, MY LOVE!!   PAINFUL REALITY,
 AWARE ONCE MORE---TIME TO ADJUST--- GET BACK ON THE PATH,
 NO MATTER LIFE GOES ON--- AND SO IT IS.

PERHAPS THERE WILL BE MORE LOVES 
AND PARTINGS AND DEATHS AND ACHES, 
BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, ISN'T IT???
LOVINGS----LEAVINGS---- YES, PERHAPS WE'LL FIND ANOTHER LOVE,
TO BE HAPPY ONCE MORE---- FOR A LITTLE WHILE---- TIME PASSES,
WE ARE LOOKING---- A SPECIAL SOMEONE ---TO BE WITH,
TO SHARE WITH, IS THAT ASKING TOO MUCH????
LIFE GOES ON.

© November 17, 1986
Marie Lancaster

Page by William J. Moore
November 23, 2002

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