AND WAIT BEFORE
THE SUN WILL
RISE AT DAWN,
WONDERING HOW
MY LIFE WILL GO
NOW THAT YOU
ARE GONE,
DISAPPEARING
IN MORNING
MIST
THE SCENT OF
LOVE INVADES
THE SILENT ROOMS
THE GARDEN BLOOMS
THE PLACES YOU
WILL WAIT,
STANDING THERE
AGAINST THE SUN
YOUR SHADOW
CARRIES
TOUGH AND
DARK
BUT OH SO SMART,
LIKE WHEN WE
WERE TOGETHER,
AND NOW I LOOK
AROUND THE ROOM
SEARCHING FOR
A CLUE
THE VERY DAY
WHEN ENDS WILL
RHYME
AMONG THE
SHADOWED GLOOM,
AND TIME STANDS
STILL WHILE
IN MY MIND,
I’VE GONE AND
LEFT YOU
FAR BEHIND,
THE LIFE THAT
ONCE SEEMED
VANITY,
JOY AND LAUGHS
AND SANITY
HAS NOW
BECOME A
DARK NIGHTMARE
(BUT YOU AREN’T
THERE)
AND DON’T BELONG
IN MY
BLINDED STARE,
I WALK AMONG
THE ROOMS
THAT STAND
SO SILENT
IN THE DAY
WONDERING HOW
THE TIME WILL GO
NOW THAT YOU’RE
ASTRAY,
AND I AM LEFT
ALONE AND OUT,
FULL OF PAIN
AND TEARS
AND DOUBT,
WHATEVER MADE
ME SAY THOSE
THINGS
THAT ROSE
ABOVE MY HEART
THE BLAST OF
ANGRY MULITUDES
TEARING US
APART,
THEY WAITED THERE
ALL THOSE YEARS
WHEN I WAS
FASCINATED,
SO IN LOVE
AND BLINDED STILL
WITH DREAMS
THAT STIPULATED
MANY THINGS
SO HIGH ABOVE
THE ROARING FIRE
THE CALL OF LOVE,
INNOCENT
AS BABY’S BREATH
IT WAS MY CALL
TO HAPPINESS,
BUT NOW THE
TIME HAS
COME TO TURN,
TO RISE ABOVE
AND SLOWLY BURN
CINDER AFTER
CINDER GOES
INTO THE STREAM
THAT FLOWS
AWAY
INTO THE SEA
FOREVER
CHANGING
YOU AND ME,
FOR WE WILL
NEVER BE
THE SAME
OUR TIME IS
GONE
AND WHAT
REMAINS
IS ONLY JUST
THE LAST HOT
TURN,
WATCHING WHILE
WE SLOWLY BURN,
BLOWN AWAY
WITH MORNING’S
BREEZE
WE FREEZE
INTO THE
SUNRISE,
MELTING
SLOWLY
AS WE TURN
I WATCH OUR
LOVE
BECOME THE
URN,
THE LAST COOL
ASHES
SLOWLY BURN,
I CLOSE
MY EYES
FOREVER…
(RISE)
©JW WINSLOW 6/1/2020