Just lately my whole thoughts are turning
to words I wish I'd said: before
your out bound ship was churning
its white wake to some distant shore.
I should have listened to the anchor
and chain: the groans, the squeals, the rancour
of inferred pain. “This is a time
that cares not for a lover's mind!”
For without you a bleakness enters
my life; a creeping fog to tease
and cling like Spanish moss on trees.
And all our might-have-beens are centred
in its grey form, set to release
ghosts of missed opportunities.