Love Poem: Fin De Partie

Fin De Partie

Fin de Partie.  End of party.
Fin.  The end.  The end.
Littered streets, for it was hearty;
First rapture to dead-end.

You were the first, the last, Cherie-
The drumbeat of my heart.
Now the sun's like a cherry,
And shadows will soon start!

Fin de partie.  Now the party's done;
And fervor and joys just past.
The fun we had-second to none!
All knew it could not last.

Fin de partie.  And the end of a dream-
Spilled wine glasses tell wild tales!
Colored lights still glitter and gleam,
Somehow sad when reason prevails.

Fin.  Fin.  The rare end, mon ami;
A rosy era has just died.
And never again are we carefree,
And no more starry-eyed.