A Table Set For Two

I was absent hunger at a table set for two,

I came upon starvation as I sat and thought of you,

No appetite in this moonlit night, I would wait upon your ghost,

As I wearily mourned my dreadful loss of that which I loved most.

Darkness fell upon me in this dim and lifeless night,

With nothing but a silent supper capturing my sight,

I dreamt of all I could not have, and of all I'd never see,

I prayed for my elusive death, but it would not come for me.

My sanity escaped me at a table set for two,

My memories now fleeing me,  and all that I once knew,

I found myself alone amidst a cluttered, clumsy world,

I hoped you weren't watching as my madness came unfurled.

I was a victim of denial at a table set for two,

I thought I heard your whispers, yet I knew it wasn't true,

So I found myself opressed within my shroud of misery,

Knowing all that once had died in you, has surely died in me.

Reviews

[Ufi Auttorri ~ Amy C. T..]

An excellent poem, Evan. You write with a generous style that encourages us to sympathize with this scene of sadness. It seems written from the heart too and for that I am sorry.