In Darkness

 

I've shut the closet doors on dangling arms                                                                   

That once embraced me.  Skeletons of wool,                                                                

Which hang too lifeless, empty uniforms                                                                                        

Taunting vacant orbs which can't recall                                                                                           

A reason now for sight.  And lips struck mute                                                                

Receive the retribution of a fool.                                                                                                                       

The ghostly shoes with idle tongues rebuke                                                                  

The soulless air and swallow frozen steps                                                                        

That puncture forbidden walls of solitude.                                                                                       

And naked hangers' lined-up noiseless threats                                                               

Behind the doors, they laugh, accusing me.                                                                  

What fool designs a life of endless regrets?                                                                                    

I watched you go, but now an amputee                                                                        

Of love's blind union, too stunned to ask the questions                                

Of your affair, a sordid fait accompli.                                                                                                 

From depths too deep comes one tormenting question:

How could I know?  For wasn't I happy?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

BBP96

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