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(For Now)
She sits by the windowsill,
Watching the water drops
Pool in the place
Where his footsteps last fell;
Gazing intently at memories
Drifting through cracks in the trees…
Never come home,
Oh he’ll never come home,
The tears drown her eyes
Since he left her alone;
He went off to fight in the war
Leaving more
Than his wife at the door;
Left his life on the empty shores.
Days spent…
Crying…
Lost to the dark
Of her own broken heart;
Heavy breaths;
Lightheaded groans
As she moans
“Why’d you leave me alone?”
Flips through the channels,
Looking for nothing,
Lands on the tracks
Of a slow funeral train;
Swallowed by black and by gray
On the cold, cloudy day
As she follows
The somber parade.
Walking down monochrome streets,
She is constantly greeted
With staring and pointing;
The chatter of birds;
Hears their words
And keeps walking on by
With her hands in her pockets
And face to the sky.
Nights spent…
Dying…
Grasping at chains
While they ring with his name;
Breathless sobs,
Unbearable groans
While she moans
“Please don’t leave me alone.”
“Please don’t go,”
She cries in her home, all alone…
“Please don’t go,”
She cries, all alone…
So alone…
