Faye Sizemore

YEARNING MEMORIES

“If you go first and I remain”…
to use others words I must
for in those wiser than me I trust
I shall always yearn to hear your voice
for your leaving was not to be my choice

In memory… many walk with me
dear ones that I can no longer see
those of age… who could not linger
and those so young… who died tragically
There are those who say they no longer mourn…

The one who tells the truth of this has not yet been born
Love never dies and faith sometimes cries
for in our yearnings are many… many sighs
Yearning memories are not a damnation… but a blessed chore
that the loving and the faithful will out carry forevermore…

Author’s Note: For Tina Rice – a response to her poem, “I Lied”

Submitted for the November 2007 IWVPA Club Theme Project, “Yearn”