It’s that time again
To say goodbye to your sweet smile
Kiss your little brow
mourn your penny brown eyes

Of all the things I’ll miss the most
Of all the things I’ll cry for
You’ll be the worst

From distant memories springing shadows
to the darkened pits in the hollows of perdition
I’ve searched for a constellation of you

but the bittersweet existence
the suffering and lament
Is so redeemed by the catastrophic
Joy I feel when I see you
When I can look at you and my heart pulses
I know what real love is and there are not many who can say that

I am one of the lucky ones