I wish you'd never gone away; I wish you were still here.
Would that I could blot the pain of those intervening years.
And with pretended confidence I hide the truth from view,
That without you here beside me my prospects are sad and few.
Nigh twenty years these cords of love, like silken gossamer strands
Cling unrequited, their tendrils strong, pursuant to love's demands.
Like so many clones the passing days give silent witness still
To the meaning of "forever" in the covenant we sought to fill.

Marguerite Lynn Morin
December 18/22
For Bruce. Ever and always.

My love it seems forever that I've heard you call my name,
And since the day you left me life has never been the same.
When evening comes and loneliness again creeps o're my sill
It is then that you return to me my memories to fill.
Thoughts that ever haunt my steps and bittersweet they be;
Reminders of a love and life that slipped away from me.
Tokens that you gave me on the day we pledged our troth
Bespeak the warmth of former bliss as if to try and soothe.
Return to me beloved, if in my dreams at night
We possess again that oneness -- the enravished lovers' plight.
Sultry breezes softly croon their twilight serenade
Till morning dawns clandestine, and steals you away.
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Father I would be released from 'neath this crushing weight.
Grant me strength to see me through till I stand before your gate
Where once again I'll see the face of one I've loved so long,
And with him ever sing refrains of Heaven's celestial song.

Marguerite Lynn Morin
For Bruce
November 2005