Desolation

Gone from my sight, 'tis unbearable,

Replaying in my head your last words, over and over,I can detect no hint this devastation was coming,

My days seem lacklustre, all spark of joy gone, 

A diamond solitaire, without any gleam,

A crisp Winter's morn, with no twinkling frost,

A dry riverbed, with no life-giving stream.

Alone in this darkness, bereft of thine will I would command,

Clouds banked all around, no golden sunlight,

All sense of direction, all purpose, gone,

Did I miss some gesture, some sign,

Some allusion that soon you were leaving.

I know you would not in full will cause me this pain,

My tears, alas, flow from the heart and not from my brain.

Awakening

My senses are all a blur.
Feeling increasingly frantic
With each moment that passes by ...
And thou art the reason why.
Sitting and smiling, when quietly all alone,
You creep into my thoughts again, and again,
My mind no longer my own.
You are a pure pool of creative power, so calm and
Buddha-deep,
Awakening my intellect, from its uninspired slumber.

Your Troubled Mind

Nay, do not say you are happy,
When your eyes show a different truth,
Do not profess love and be increasing aloof.
Quite clearly your mind is not at peace,
Yet you state there is nothing wrong,
I cannot help you when you decline to confide in me,
You may even think you have me fooled,
But remember this above all: To thine own self be true.

Love Forever

My skin shall age with the passing of time,
No longer soft with a subtle glow.
My hair shall take on its winter hue,
No more warm chestnut, but white as snow.
Lost will be the spring in my steps,
A slower pace I shall take on. 
Accepting care from strangers,
As we lack, alas, children to rely upon.
Our brief lives we shared for all time,
For our souls never to be estranged
Even by the end of our mortal time.
When my earthly body and life have gone,
My love for you, my love
Shall in my verse forever live young.

Regrets (I)

I should have believed your truth,
Right from the start.
I can now see, that I was wrong to question you so,
Why O why did I doubt the words
You spoke straight to my heart from your mind.
I am no more wived by panic, 
Filled with worry and woe,
Your words were true, I now well know.
No more room in my mind for doubt to dwell,
As your heart is full of truth and I know it full-well.

Regrets (II)

The torment I feel 'tis too much to bear,
And bare it to you, without a care,
When inside, full of worry and strife,
I am losing sight of the sun, source of global life.
No more bright joy lighting my each night,
Left pondering the cause of your deadly silence,
Though deep in me down knowing 'tis all right,
Finding my way with your truth as my guidance. 
Suddenly a bright Comet shoots through my night sky,
Lighting my face with its burst of brilliance,
Proving once more that on your will I can rely,
That our bond has real resilience.
I know, deep inside me, to never doubt thee,
As Truth indestructible binds thee to me.

A Variorum on Shakespeare's Will

O to be able to touch you at Will.
Somehow I knew that I would hear from you today,
As by now I can feel your Will in my mind.
I even knew when, when your email came through ...
Like warm water through my ducts ...
I Will most certainly do what I can when I see you.
To soothe the curls in your soul.
I Will absolutely make you feel better.
I solemnly swear. Worry not,
Where there is your Will, I Will find the way.