On Waning Love
Oh fast-approaching vision of
despair,
Radiating an aura of faint hope,
I still discern a hint of what is
fair,
But dimly as a star through a weak
scope.
I ask redundant questions knowing
well,
There are no simple answers I can
find,
I quiver at a faintly tolling bell,
Fearing above all else to be unkind.
Sweet dream remembered, such a happy
dream,
Simple and pure as a child's
heartfelt kiss,
An evanescent vision it would seem,
Like a quick-fading springtime
morning mist.
The child in me rejoices with some
glee,
The man weeps for his word and
sanity.
From Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems (C) 2011 Victor D. Lopez
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