Jan. 15, 1973
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
Moonlit Eulogy
You were a child of the universe Taught by the stars themselves A paragon of perfection... A shadow of a dream... My love was sent to your heavens But it couldn't reach that high And it fell backwards upon me With increasing rapidity. And it all makes me remember What you were before - Why smiles meant so much - Why flowers danced in the wind - Why tears are made for crying - I am But you really never were - While rejected lovers scribble Unintelligible rhymes - You continue But a different person Than she whom I wanted So long ago - Yes, dreams run dry And paragons become paradoxes And reality becomes folded And poems don't rhyme I'll recite to you a moonlit eulogy I'll remember what I wanted you to be And I'll forget myself And gather daisies for the altar.
copyright 1999-2004 by Michael F. Nyiri
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