North American Dreaming: I, The Grey Mist
William Burkholder's poem tells of a ghostly agony.
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This bridge is my barrier
That I cannot seem to cross
My regret for foolishness
My ultimate untimely loss
Lamp lit window
Beckons through twilight haze
To glimpses of happiness
And wonderful loving days
Flowers blooming
Along the garden wall
Knighting gale's voice
And her silken call
Flowing water running
Night air getting crisper
Runnel’s voice calling
Hearing just faint whispers
Of families joyous laughter
Just the other side of this bridge
Where once I walked
In revelry of this
Earthen shore
Now I am the haze
The twilight of the evening
Misty night smoke rising
Chained in memory
Unable to leave
Business undone
To once again embrace
That woman, my daughter, my son
I am now the grey mist
Set to wander the wind
Never to light
On hearth and home again
The wind rises
And I am but a wisp
Forgotten
