MEMORIES
 
 

OH BLESSED SLEEP

ELUDE ME NOT TONIGHT,

BRING PEACE TO MY RESTLESS MIND

FOR FROUGHT WITH THOUGHTS AM I.
 
 

HOW LONG THE TIME SINCE,

SIDE BY SIDE WE STOOD,

HOLDING HANDS,

AT THE SUNSET LOOKED;

WATCHED BIRDS FLY,

AND ROSES BLOOM,

TALKED, LAUGHED AND CRIED

TRULY IN LOVE WERE TWO.
 
 

MY MEMORIES BURN BRIGHTER,

AND LONELY AM I FOR YOU.

BUT NOW THE LONG NIGHT OVER,

THE DAY BEGUN ANEW,

LIFE ONCE MORE MY MASTER

ITS BIDDING FOR ME TO DO.
 
 

HERBERT HOLZBAUER

© August 1961