. Poetry from The Great In-Between: The Cry of the Beloved

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

The Cry of the Beloved


(A lone voice whispers)

I miss you my only love more so at this time of year


The soft smiles  

Holding warm smooth hands as we once walked for country miles


Watching the yellow and red sunset as the daylight bowed and dipped


Kissing the lands below and whispering goodbye


I miss you my only love more so  

At this time of year


Looking through old photographs and then visiting old memories and all their stimulating road maps


Sitting together watching old films like Doctor Zhivago with popcorn on television


Laying in bed  

Huddled together naked under warm sheets and talking shamelessly


About how we made it through the fire and ice and all life's many inquisitions


I miss you my only love more so  

At this time of year


It's the same in every memory I find


Whenever I remember when you were just mine


Maybe you'll come round and put your angelic arms around me


Kiss me softly on the forehead and say everything will be just fine


For it's always just you I'd like to see


Still standing smiling like in our favourite photograph underneath our prized old apple tree


On this our old farm but deep down I know it cannot be


For you're in Heaven


Hidden in a place  

The living can never see


But still


I just miss you more so my only love  

At this time of year


When my old world suddenly burns and I remember why


For you're no longer here


Copyright John Duffy

 

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