Poetry list
horizon
the solemn rites are over
my beloved’s frame is
reduced to ashes but
the hooks of love and
passion remain unfastened
in anguish and burning loss
here and not here
the presence of absence
the faulty glimpses through
memory and triggers of
experiences shared and
treasured now in a world
never in the present but
always over a horizon
is this evidence of life
the glowing embers of
a love so real and full
of a heady passion
deepest friendship
one flesh
the kingdom
of beyond
and the partial nothingness
of now
will it be sufficient for
the journey on or
is the horizon so close
that I am almost hid
and spent
yet that is always the
way ahead
one uncertain step
the hesitated leap
the impulsive
hurling into a future
where I must find you
forever
© Neil Thompson 2022