Departed

Song for The Departed

I thought I heard you last night

As this wind-pommeled house

Creaked

Yes, before I was submerged in sleep

I thought I heard you.

How faint your voices were

As if from far away

Remembered

Only dimly like your faces.

Oh, how faint they seemed.

Life pulses like oceans

But its foreverness is

Untrue.

I could only sense the darkness

Though my hands reached out for you.