I.

I stepped off the westward train

At a station unknown

Walked north into my silent retreat

Among velvet dirt roads

Nothing in front of me

Everything behind me

This is what love does

When we were together

I begged you to open up to me

We fought

We loved

We were stuck in a pattern on repeat

Pattern on repeat

You left me

Yet your parents blamed me solely

My parents stateless

Children in wonderment

Was it I at fault?

Been blamed –

Take responsibility

The serpent visited your dreams before I arrived

Took you on the darkest passage

Nothing saved, nothing learned

II.

Mourning comes and goes

The echo of your voice never leaves

Let’s see where these dirt roads lead me

I’m walking to the arches you’ve always wanted to see

Nothing in front of me

Everything behind me

This is what love does

I once drowned in my sorrow

Judged no more

Bound by no one

My footprints unseen

III.

People sometime wonder why I don’t own a tuxedo

I find it hard to explain

Yet,

Your dress, and my tuxedo still hang together in the garment bag

We were to go away that weekend

Attend your best friend’s wedding

But we never made it – did we?

Pattern on repeat

An unforgivable leap

Nothing in front of me

Everything behind me

This is what love does

Oh, so deep

Pattern on repeat

© 2016 David Greg Harth 

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