Thirty-Five Years Later He Was Gone

Music: Fugue in C# Minor. By  Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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Thirty-five years later he was gone, Leaving her with just an empty hole Where once her life had been. Bereft of meaning, She rode the ancient fury of her grief. So many years of loving him, a garden Dissolved into a wild, wasted sea! So much of life now waiting to be buried, Poisoned, lying putrid in her heart! And yet she could do nothing for awhile But lie upon her bed of writhing pain, Knowing that in time she would be healed, But never, never quite completely whole. Always there would be this frozen anger Waiting to be placed upon the table. No matter her attempts to be forgiving, She would again consume that bitter meal! And even in the sunshine of her laughter, Her life returned to her by time and love, Even in the meadows of her joy, There still would be the place he left behind.