Unspoken

It was our final farewell

On a dismal winters eve

I had stood in the distance

And wept as I saw you leave

You had glanced back for a moment-As a tears escaped your eyes-Piercing the aching silence-With our unspoken goodbyes

Now again I stand alone

Seeing you ill and unraveled

Voiceless thoughts still linger

On this road we had once traveled.

Finally you speak, with a shuddering breath -The words you had longed to say

Then as the last leaf of a barren tree

You slowly whisper away



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