The Web Poetry Corner - McKenna Byrne - Hell and Farewell
Hell and Farewell
by
McKenna Byrne
I will go to my own heart for this,
To where the remnants of our romance lie
Like dragon's bones; there I'll say goodbye
And bid you finally from me; I will dismiss,
Unflinching, the last of you, to an abyss
Of howling darkness; with unimpeded vision I
Will verify the truth of love's desire - we cannot tie
Truth's strength to any heart's analysis.
And on that precipice I'll watch you out of sight,
Discharging what to me was once a dream
Of breathing peace, into the muffled night.
I will learn again that one bright single beam
Is not the sun, as your once-essential light
Fades by morning into a common theme