Elegy

November 11, 2004

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I am sitting by your side

Around us, sickening branches claw the sky

The tower is shrouded

In her thick, grey shawl

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Light is fading slowly

And I perceive new shadows amidst the fog

Our silence is broken

By nothing at all

The path leads beckoningly

Onward through the gate

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The bell tolls for you or me

Time has come to leave here

Rest a hand against the cool stone for just a moment longer

Before looking to myself –

I am sitting by your side

And you are not moving

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