Original DDE™ surrealistic art entitled “So So Ago” by: rob kistner © 7/25/24
After the rattle of death
after leaving with no goodbye
after bittersweet emancipation faded away
after the hope just imploded
after the joy became a memory
after a new sadness collected day upon day
after the promises echoed empty
after the dreams grew distant
after our days of glory had become the past
after the taste of regret grew
after the loneliness mounted
after sands in the glass spilled away much too fast
what first was a rich blaze
burned through the fodder
sadly hereafter all that remains is ashes and char
the vision was most beautiful
the intention honest and real
its brightness so intense it burned out like a star
I did not know peace would seem so far
I did not know love could be so very quiet
I did not know how this silence would scar
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rob kistner © 2024
Poetry at: WGO