Kathleen

The laughter rings in my ears,

the silence covers the night,

like a worn out lover

inviting everything into its domain,

like flies

in the spider’s web,

echoes of the past

bang into the walls of my mind;

who am I?

how did I get here?

I remember a road

on a dark starless night,

I remember your laughter,

I remember your scream,

I recall everything;

which means nothing.

Ah Kathleen,

your hair was like silk,

you smelled of springtime flowers,

we were young,

we were lovers,

we were soul mates

traveling the road to Dublin,

then you were gone,

I searched for you in the meadow,

but you were not there,

I screamed out your name,

but received no reply;

oh my Kathleen,

where have you gone?

Time has no hold on our love,

our love was greater than time,

it was greater than life,

our love was endless,

timeless,

even death cannot keep me

from you,

remember the moon,

we watched it rise,

you saw the fairies

and called them out by name,

we danced till the new day sun

came out;

oh my Kathleen,

where have you gone?

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