It has happened before
elation run amok
sadness replacing joy
what could have been
is now no more.
Your perplexing silence
has firmly closed the door
no, reasons I know not
as to why nor what for,
hope born on warmth
to cold despair has turned,
mocking friendship formed -
glimpses of bright future
dashed by shadows of dark,
the long lonely night
so slow to pass and yet,
the curtain of darkness
will rise once more to
 usher in a fresh new day.
Take heart my heart
love may have suffered
an unexpected shock,
my love is undefeatable
it will be wholly back.

Herbert Holzbauer
© June 2003

Midi: "Heart"
(MIDIBOX)

Graphic: "Sadness"
(piasso.atono.se)