No More To Say
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The dankness hangs like a horse thief
As marbled walls echo with grief
In this castle of polished stone
The loved are lain and turned to bone
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The far-off tolling of a bell
Breaks the silence where quiet dwells
A soul with faith may well be saved
But interred here, the body’s grave
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A bench to sit and contemplate
Staring at our own promised fate
What is it we have come to say
Before we, too, meet our last day
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Browned flowers droop from caring urn
They hold the truth that we must learn
When whom we love cut from our hearts
That is when the real dying starts
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I visit once your final rest
Living on will be quite the test
Without you near my spirit cries
My love in drops fall from my eyes
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Though I knew you would someday die
It is still hard to say goodbye
When I leave, I will not return
No more to say, no more to learn
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commonsensiblyspeaking 
I knew we were headed down a somber trail when dankness hangs like a horse thief. Well done!
Thanks Geoff! That line does seem to set a tone doesn’t it?
no more to say, no more to do.
The last goodbyes are the hardest. Thanks, Beth, for all your kind support!
This sad, but truthful poem, brought with it a sense of the pain of grief, felt too many times already in my life. I’ll again beg you to allow me to pre-decease you because I don’t have the strength to suffer your loss.
I am doing my best!
“Darkness hangs like a horse thief…” brilliant line Brad in a beautiful poem.
Thank you kind sir!
My pleasure!
Realistic and artistic 🙂 Good job !!
Thank you Cherry!
no more to learn; that will be the time to say goodbye…
Indeed. Thank you, Jim!
Very moving! Terrific stuff, Brad!
Thank you, Pete! I appreciate you.
It evokes profound sadness. I hope this hasn’t been written from personal experience but it is very good!
Doesn’t everything we write have a little personal experience in it somewhere? Thank you, Joy, for your kind words!
Very true, it does. You are most welcome Brad.
Brad your writing is so beautiful and mournful. Heartbreaking words yet they expressed such incredible emotion and feeling.
“I visit once your final rest
Living on will be quite the test
Without you near my spirit cries
My love in drops fall from my eyes
You are such a lovely romantic poet. Sending my love and admiration for your work. Love Jonikins
Thank you, Jonikins! You are too kind! Love in return!
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