Poetry list
parting
it was coming
down the road
in full view for
quite some time
you knew
straightaway
but braved it
down settling to
fight with all
your worth driven
by love and oh
what love
the battle was
brutish and
bloody with moments
of exhausted respite
pools of tenderness
flooding all time
yet we never mentioned
the inevitable why
would we spoil and
chill the warmth of
union in any
and every moment
for a pain and
travail still
unimaginable
in its totality
ferocious void
and aching
aching ever
after
it is all too real
so real it blinds
and bleaches the
rich colours of
such abundant
living and loving
yet the loving goes
on at times red
hot an ardour of
spirit in the gift
of the Giver in our
togetherness
if the parting
is truly incomplete
what can ever
separate us it
is a triumph
born only in
love and borne
only by love
© Neil Thompson 2023