Farewell to Juliet

Ex Nihilo

Left

(Hansen)

And it's almost like your eyes
are focused somewhere else
God knows I can't see in them
I don't see that well anyway

And it's as if you've let go
And my hand is free again
Ties bind, then loosen I guess
Maybe things just ebb and flow

Answers can hide
My reasons cease their rhymes
But love is real
if unsettling
When truth is left behind

And was it so long ago?
Your mind ran so deep
And poetry was everywhere
the days full of meaning

And wasn't every day a bright one?
Rain was ever scarce
At least as I remember
Funny how the weather changes

For once I reach for words
And they tire of me I think
Or maybe they evaporate
When they empty from my lips

Answers can hide
My reason lost its rhyme
But love is real
if unsettling
When truth is left behind

My son still cries
He's little so he can
But tears are dried
Laughs return
And eyes are bright again

But yours are dry
And your laugh escapes me
Do you still feel?
The price is high
Tennyson knew it too

Sometimes God's silence
speaks cruel verities
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