My Sorrow

…finally unfurling

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It is long
since we parted
the descent
towards darkness

creeping shadows
night winds blow
into a sobbing twilight
over sky and sea

rains fall hard
in the depths
of the dripping night
my candle fading away

your memory lingers
in the shadows
crimson leaves
floating all around

my sorrow
finally unfurling
like a silken sail
before a carrying wind

© Ann Bagnall