My Soul Entire

This loneliness, this blackened void,

The charred remains of passion’s fire.

Left lying here, as constant toyed,

My heart, my breath, my soul entire.

With nothing left and all but gone,

You left me here to linger on.

I long for you on winter nights,

And pray for you in summer’s heat.

I see your face in starry lights,

And breathe your scent from linen sheets.

But now as echoes you remain,

You leave me here to bear the pain.

I step outside; I hear your voice,

Whisper on the wicked winds.

Denied the right to make a choice,

What was our crime, what were our sins?

That justifies us lovers parted,

Left nothing but the broken hearted

So now I walk this earth alone,

Nowhere to go, this pain won’t cease.

No one around to call my own,

No one to help me find my peace.

My heart, it floods, with constant fear,

I cannot live without you here.

I gaze into the endless sky,

As distant starlight’s shimmer round.

The tears roll gently from my eyes,

And patter softly on the ground.

I take one step, and then another,

Until the ground beneath is none.

I see your face my darling lover,

And close my eyes, and then it’s done

To leave behind this pointless life,

And join with you in paradise. 

Copyright © 2011 by Simon Austin