Tuesday, November 30, 2010

As You Left


David Meyer, October 1, 2004
As you left
          I only knew for sure that I, too, would go

As you passed
          I asked in silence why not me

As sure as you were gone
          I was sure I would not stay

As you grew cold
          I watched myself grow very still

As you faded off in time
          I observed as I returned to dust

As you slipped away
          I found it made no real sense

As you parted company
          I dwelt upon my own farewells

As you moved on
          I caught a glimpse of all our pathways merging

As you disappeared
          I could see my own outline growing fainter

As you turned away
          I witnessed that there is nowhere left to turn

As you left us
          I felt the guilt of the living

As you sailed off
          I thought of myself sinking

As you grew so still
          I did not want to move

As you went off all alone

          I saw me leaving by myself as well

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