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(A lone voice whispers)
Two of the hardest things you'll ever face in your life
My viewers
Wherever in the Great Other Side
You many reside
Is to find the courage to say "Hello
To the one you truly love
And then the profound strength to pay your respects
To then whisper
"Goodbye
And so it is with me after I died
For whenever I pause in these quiet tranquil moments
Sat in here
All by myself
By the moving rocks and lost in deep thoughts in this swirling grey smoke
That would make any living person choke
Now I'm a citizen of The Great In-Between
I sometimes still think about all those long hot Summers nights
So long ago
When we once walked by the Hawaiian blue sea
Hand in hand
And we were totally unafraid to be seen
I still get drenched by the sweetest thoughts of you and me
Memories of a fierce love
Which must have shone like a lighthouse beacon for miles around
Angels flying above ground
Watching
Must have felt it was a deep love
Many could only dream of
For it was so damn gorgeous and profound
Those old hot yellow city lights
I bet they still carry vivid memories
Of an extraordinary time
Where we held each other's soft hands
And everything seemed to be just alright
But like a pale white vulnerable feather
Blowing carefree in the Four Winds
Crazy blustery weather
I then always remember
How you foolishly surrendered to the whims
Of the Dark Gatherer of all Mortal Temptations
And like an act from the Devils favourite playbook
Our intense love was viciously ripped from our carefully constructed cross of truth
By slanderous accusations
Spoken by jealous crooks
To then be slowly and tragically forgotten
And following in turn
Depressingly by so many newly enabled others
Casually dismembered
With their judgemental narratives
Singing sad songs of
Theres no chance of Redemption
Now I guess when I reflect
We were like two painful characters from a dystopian fantasy called Twelfth Night
A terrible version of a classic Shakespearean Play
No one cares or even wants to remember
But I'll still treasure and carry those beloved beautiful memories everywhere
Now I'm free from the clutches of life and all its complicated and sometimes crazy games
Of four footsteps walking in unison by the Hawaiian blue sea
Where I'll get ultimately drenched and soaking wet by the sweetest thoughts
Of just you and me
Memories of a fierce wild unrestricted love
Which still shines so bright today like it once originally did
Towering all above the hot yellow city lights
Of a time we once held soft hands
And the future seemed so full of auspicious things
Which resonated with so much bright red light
Beloved memories of us entwining to make love by candlelight
To keep warm throughout all those cold but soul-thrilling
December winters nights
When the world seemed so still and perfect
And all the gossips and racketeers were carefully hidden out of sight
I still miss you
My beloved Arabella
If only to just hear your lovely soothing voice
In this neverending twilight
I'm sure it would push back this ever-swirling darkness and show me my own
Yellow Brick Road to Saint Peter and Heavens welcoming bright white lights
I'm so proud that I once found the courage to say "Hello
And now
After all these years
I've now finally found the strength to let you go and say "Goodbye
I'll always remember you as I ascend
Your one true love who stayed loyal until the very end
And one day when you too wake in the Great In-Between
We'll start over and make up
Yours forever
Your eternal soulmate who's once mortal name was simply plain old Jacob
Copyright John Duffy
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