The Darkness

…enfolds me

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It is long
since we parted
night has fallen
many times
leaves too
have drifted down
like crimson tears

cherry trees
have blossomed
and wept
snowflakes
pirouetted
to the ground

I hear the rain
soft
sighing all around
the wax
from my candle
drips slowly
without a sound

and the darkness
enfolds me
as sorrow
abounds
© Ann Bagnall