every new September
upon the summer's end
velvet soft, your lips I touch

my being you crushed
red eyes now gush
as memories forever hushed

every new September
sixteen days therein
emotionally vested, deeply bound

admired you, for love I'd found
yet, I can't stand a pain so profound
it's killing me, I'm run aground

every new September
thirty eight years today
divine wisdom

your birth this day
with love at sight on Corner's Bay
your now and ever former slave

every new September
I thank god for bringing you life
given daydreams of husband and wife
then betrayed by love's wielding knife