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Musings of a Wordsmith - 20. Forever
“I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.”
W. H. Auden: “Funeral Blues” (1938)
W. H. Auden: “Funeral Blues” (1938)
W. H. Auden’s blues in the back of my mind,
all clocks stand still, time has stopped.
That love could have lasted forever,
but it did not.
Time and love, both meant forever,
both, though, ending in a flash,
both able to warmly simmer along,
both pushing and pulling, till they broke.
We stopped all the clocks,
we cut off the telephones,
we silenced the pianos,
we put out every star.
Although,
and this is the wonder of lost love,
each of us, alone, broken,
can, again, be one, complete.
So now, let the clocks keep going:
put the stars on because life is bright,
future is about to restart now
to never come again to an end.
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Poetry posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
Note: While authors are asked to place warnings on their stories for some moderated content, everyone has different thresholds, and it is your responsibility as a reader to avoid stories or stop reading if something bothers you.
Note: While authors are asked to place warnings on their stories for some moderated content, everyone has different thresholds, and it is your responsibility as a reader to avoid stories or stop reading if something bothers you.
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