If I never get a chance to say "goodbye"
will this be enough?
If my last breath goes unheard
and my last wish unfulfilled
To see you again
to feel your caress
To hold your hand
and watch the twinkle in your eye
Diffuse through a tear
it will never be enough
Just to feel the dusk breeze
one last time
Coming off the marsh
to hear the mournful warnings
Of the Killdeer and Plover
and from their heavenly reaches
The hungry Least Terns diving into the salt pannes
a hundred thousand migrating Tree Swallows
Clouding the road and sky
like final scattered thoughts
And the inability to sustain
all this beyond a last silence.
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 2016 at 4:38 PM UTC
If I never get a chance to say "goodbye"
will this be enough?
If my last breath goes unheard
and my last wish unfulfilled
To see you again
to feel your caress
To hold your hand
and watch the twinkle in your eye
Diffuse through a tear
it will never be enough
Just to feel the dusk breeze
one last time
Coming off the marsh
to hear the mournful warnings
Of the Killdeer and Plover
and from their heavenly reaches
The hungry Least Terns diving into the salt pannes
a hundred thousand migrating Tree Swallows
Clouding the road and sky
like final scattered thoughts
And the inability to sustain
all this beyond a last silence.
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