Life that never was
I see you an old woman
I hear your trembling voice
A faint, illusive vision,
A life that never was.
I turn your palm toward me
The lines that run across
Do tell a tender story,
A life that never was.
So much that I desired
Has never felt so close,
We met, we wed, retired,
A life that never was.
cousinsoren commented on Life that never was
04-22-2010
Gracey commented on Life that never was
07-19-2009
07/19/2009
To have great poets there must be great audiences too.
Walt Whitman, American Poet (1819-1892)
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