Until

Love must be as much a light as it is a flame. - Thoreau

atop an impervious, granite stone

the overshadowing marker of a departed soul

a lover lost

he left a single red rose 'pon a recondite epitaph

a sea of tears to water it

an ocean of memories to guard it

he turned and withdrew with a shambling of feet

i'll see you again my dear

lips and souls reunited as one

until then

wait for me my darling

wait for me my sweet

on lowermost eternity street

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Author's Note

"I love you not as something private and personal, which is my own, but as something universal and worthy of love which I have found." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Gee]

Can picture a fella of late life years tending the grave of a soul mate lost, talking to her as he does so. Great word choice.
Reference the song, tis one my wife and her bestie song in a local band they are part of :)

[Pete]

thanks for grasping the scene. how great about your wife and her friend doing that song that i happen to like a lot ... :)

[lightsong]

"lips and souls reunited as one" yes, because the "kiss" is special and private. as always lush expressions dear Pete, words chosen with care and love.

[Pete]

yes indeed. such tenderness to be held and guarded forever. thank you dear poetess (light and song - two wonderful things) ... :)