Poet To Poet

Without rhyme or reason
I feel utter treason
in the fact
that you are gone.

I sit here all the while
with a phoney, plastic smile
waiting for
the dawn.

Why was it my sin
for my life to begin
at a date
too late for you?

My ears hear stories told
of a time now old
from lips
that are not yours.

I long to touch your face
and feel your warm embrace
as we stroll
'long Paradise's shores.




J. B. D. 11/1/96
Dedicated to Brian Donlevy; actor, poet, gentle soul.

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