THE SHADOW OF OLD WOMEN

I already know
that I will cry for you
The time will come
when you will leave me
and I shall walk behind you
to your grave
Bearing with me
all that has been
and all that will be
still ahead of me
My feet will tred
the dead and dying leaves
as you leave me

People will say we had
a full and long love and life
in chronological years
and measured time
in days and weeks and months
and years and memories
we have loved long
but not long enough
I already know
the time will come
and you will leave me
to live once more alone

I will sit
like old women everywhere
and watch the sun set
through dusty windows
with just my cup of tea
and wait until I follow you
not just to the grave
to lay with you there
with the dead and dying leaves
but beyond
where you wait for me
Until then
I will sit and watch the sun set alone
and know we loved long
and well
but it wasn't long enough
-denise-