Dear One

it's getting late
and I'm listening
to Leonard Cohen
he keeps me company
as the night deepens
and darkens
why do I call on you
only because it was
you who brought
his voice to me
somewhere in
this darkness
you are there
and I wonder
if he's keeping
you company
as well

Honest

I never said I was

Brave but I pray 

Every day when

The moment comes

To act I will 

Be by your side

The Way We Say Goodbye

I hit play on the song

you wanted me to listen to.

Parting goodbyes 

and acoustic guitar

together in harmony.

I remember waking together,

night a fading sight 

through the curtains. 

Brief moments

lingering on in memory

I think of loving you,

holding you,

being held

in turn.

I play the song again.

I see the light 

of that morning

once more.