Kathleen

the laughter rings in my ears,

the silence covers the night,

like a worn out lover,

inviting everything into its domain,

like flies caught in the spider’s web,

echoes of the past banging 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 like 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,

greater than life,

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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