POETRY | PROMPTLY WRITTEN

My Beloved

Lingering hope

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You are the last vestige
of my melancholy mind
and I shutter
from the thought
of losing you forever
O Darkness, my beloved
I would rather dwell
in your arms than live
one moment in the light
Yet, we both know
should I return to you
I’d leave the living
never to return again
And there is so much
too much left for me to do
So I’ve let the light in
and I see you there
Your shadowed-form hugs
the last corner
of my circular world
and hope lingers, lingers
that we will be one again

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Dedicated to Bradley J Nordell who understands and knows. Check out his excellent poem: