Love Poem: Absence
Michael Degenhardt Avatar
Written by: Michael Degenhardt

Absence

So sad; she stands on sandy shore
                  Her love, it sailed so, out to sea
                Upon the waves, under the moon
        She smells his being, there on the breeze

             As heart then drops, it struggles long
                She falls, to wait, upon her knees

                 For he set sail one summer day
                  With promise to one day return
            A year had passed, no word from him
              And so her heart, it still there yearns

               She gives not up, her one true love
               As deep inside her love still burns

             A night, a night, she prays he shows
              As then her smile will find her face
              Until that night, she continues long
               For deep inside, no love replace

            She prays for his most safe return
         Each night she waits for their embrace