Love Poem: The Mourning After
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Written by: Michael Degenhardt

The Mourning After

He recalls, clearly as if it plays out for him,
How her smile had weakened him, brought him
Powerless before her very love, her sight

With his own smile, he daydreams of her and
How they held passion between them
So heated, on the morning after, that very night

He sees his mistake upon waking, his departure,
How ill timed and impersonal it had seemed

He now wishes, he could go back, but cannot
Now left only to recall her in his lonely dreams