I see the leaves flutter

And it stung my eyes with tears

I ask why for wind came

When it didn’t bring you here?

I hear those haunting cries

Of laughter running cold

And voices that can’t find

Their custom way to home

With images, forgotten,

And restless truths untold

Ghostly footsteps trodden

From memories ago

It’s no wonder clear ahead

Are nights thirsting for dews

Nights yenning to forget

The need to be with you

The day when such agony

Could gratify this wait

And avail my flow of tears

To route out my escape

When love fetters me no more

No more shall I covet

The heart that’s always yours

And what of mine you’ve kept

When pain shackles in regress

Unlearning what I know

I would have died a thousand deaths

Before my letting go

I see the passing of dreams

And it broke me down in tears

I ask why for dreams came

When they didn’t bring you here?