(A lone voice whispers)
Take this
As a now bearable parting gift
From someone who will always love you
The most
As we bid our last painful goodbyes
After renouncing
All known ties
And departing
Like two lonely unloved ghosts
Into life's
Slow moving mists
For
It's been a wonderful dream
But the dark god
Deimos
From The Great In-Between
Now let in
By emerald eyes
Hidden or seen
To slow shadow walk
Towards us
As we drift
Has gloriously
Destroyed us
Smiling
Wearing
A white Captain Bligh
shirt and
Old nineties
Faded
Levi's blue jeans
Grinning like a mad fool
In our slipstream
At the joy and wonder
Of all our frail emotional screams
Which creep in
In extreme
Sinful ways
As we fall apart
At the seams
In the fading lights
Each midnight
Or in so many dark secretive corners
Everyday
For our deep love
Like an abandoned
Nightingale
Has upped suddenly
And flown
Away
Once
In a vision
Or a divine play
I saw you
Lovingly
Looking my way
On Malibu Street
But now
Feeling cold and
Numb
Eating crumbs of
Defeat
Like an outcast
A leper
A reborn
Fletcher Christian
Sailing away
On a new mission
I beg you
Please look away
For even though
I'm broken in two
Constantly
Thinking of you
My sad heart
Will once more soar
Like Martial Eagle
In full flight
When true love
Eventually returns
And she knocks
Hard
On my tired hearts
Beating
Door
Pleading to be let in
But until then
Gossips
Racketeers
Gaslighters
And every incarnation of the known Devil
Hear my rebellious lions roar
As my soul
Stands so ready and majestically
Tall
Holding a golden sharp diamond-encrusted sword called Hope
Clutching a solid silver shield
With
Veniet Amor Cum Paratus Sum (L)
Inscribed on the front in gold
Love will come when I'm ready
To banish despair
Forevermore
For this pain and old memories are no longer civil
So here I stand
In pure spirit
On
Freedoms
Sandy
Yellow shores
As my higher self
Prepares
To go to war
To earn some more
Golden and red medals
For my old true love
Has walked right out of my life
And joy doesn't live here
Anymore
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
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Deimos /ˈdaɪmɒs is the personal god of dread and terror in Greek mythology