Of Dreams and Desolution: The Poetry of J. Douglas Stephenson: Part 2

Goodbye

<P>Goodbye</P>

<P>Under this endless slumber</P>

<P>Staring so blankly towards you</P>

<P>Wondering if words still escape your lips</P>

<P>If the praise of a thousand days gone by</P>

<P>Is simple silence or a moment of weakness</P>

<P>Or just a shallow little space for my soul to lie</P>

<P>How long, how long</P>

<P>Before the tears filled your eyes</P>

<P>How long, how long</P>

<P>Rebuilt and cast to the side</P>

<P>I know , I know</P>

<P>You can't be here for all time</P>

<P>Don't go, don't go</P>

<P>Until you whisper goodbye</P>

<P>Looking back on memories gone</P>

<P>Slightly fading under darkened summer nights</P>

<P>Holding tightly to the mourning roses</P>

<P>Clenched so tightly to the heart, motionless</P>

<P>Is this the final curtain closing</P>

<P>Is this the way you always wanted me to be</P>

<P>How long, how long</P>

<P>Stealing the light from my eyes</P>

<P>How long, how long</P>

<P>'Til even life passes by</P>

<P>I know, I know</P>

<P>You can't be here for all time</P>

<P>Don't go, don't go</P>

<P>Until you whisper goodbye</P>

<P>Until you kiss me goodbye</P>

<P>J. Douglas Stephenson</P>