- NOT EVER -

By John Herlihy

I will see you again,

As in the has been.

I often see you now,

Just as you were then.

Still together somehow,

Hand in hand once again.

Nothing can take you away,

Since the time you were gone.

You will always be here to stay,

There is nothing you can do wrong.

Now lost in the back alleys of time,

You always were. always will be mine.

The sight of you gives me infinite power,

Here in the shadows of the passing hour.

No need to feel a sense of loss, no never,

Not then, not now, and to be sure, not ever.

We have travelled beyond death and loss,

Even if our separation came at great cost.

There is a field of poppies beyond the rise,

We will find our way there as the bird flies.