Seashore memories

The sea reminds me
of you
It's calling your name
the wind sighs your memory

As the sun sets
sinking into the westering sea
as the wind bends
the seashore grass

The surf thunders
where it once
offered you
solace

The waves break
on the sandy shore
the white strand
curving to infinity

The lighthouse blinks
in the far-off distance
when darkness has fallen
over the land of memories

My mind is heavy
at this midnight hour
with memory of those
who went on ahead

Gormenghast

As the nights draw in
a memory emerges
strangely enough
of Gormenghast

Your name
for the capital
of ancient
Scotland

Oh, loth you were
to leave behind
your companions
on the croft

Torran
feral Faili
Spooky the black tom
roaming your haunt

As you roamed
the towers and turrets
of teeming hordes
in Gormenghast

Little were you to know
that you'd one day leave
leaving Torran
to look for you

The Window on the West
is now empty
She's still looking
searching

Not knowing that
you're in the air
she's breathing
in every breath

Nine months

The days flow by
back and forth
like the never ending
tide

The moon through
its phases
marks time
day by week by month

Each day
the sun rises
seen or unseen
in blue or grey skies

Where Canopus
shines in summer skies
that's where you came
into this world

When Orion rose
in our winter skies
he called on you
and you swam away

Now nine months ago
you left us your music
your laughter
your dance

At the Window on the West
we watched the light fade
where your black shadow
still awaits your return

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