I THEN CAME BACK
ONE DAY AND FOUND
YOU DYING

STURDY ARMS
THAT FED FONDLED;
NOW A BANYAN
TREE ROOTS ROTTING
PROPS DEAD

A BEACH AFTER
THE TIDE - ONLY BROKEN
SHELLS AND MEMORIES
REMAIN

YOU LAY
A TOMB-LESS MUMMY
CHAINED
TO AN EBBING HEART;
A RAG
USED THEN DISCARDED
TO ROT

WHEN I
ENTER YOUR DIM EYES
BRIGHTEN
YOUR FEEBLE SMILE FILL
MY HEART
WITH LONGING AND TEARS
FLOW

CURSE ME
YOUR WRETCHED