A Bittersweet Haunting

Posted by Robert Anderson On Sunday, January 11, 2009 0 comments

My sweetest gypsy, did I fail to shelter you

Once when we two, across the land, beneath the stars

Gave life to freedom, long before this gave us through

and through as beasts in cages; oh, how sorrow scars!

Deny the haunting voices in the castle's air

and leave; I will besiege you when the night enthralls--

Although, I know you're bravest when you're in your prayer;

You've felt no comfort when you heard my ghostly squalls

And during your sojourn while you were in my home,

I may have stalked the dungeon's depth but for awhile;

From where I would so bittersweetly therein roam,

Oh, all I ever wanted was to touch your smile.

I've sought a passage to cross over willingly,

While nothing where I am could ever share my view;

It's quite disturbing to know that you chillingly

No longer wish to love me 'cause I bear no hue

So go then sweet; go warn of what deep darkness rants,

But I'll still follow you until at last your kiss

Should tender me yet only when your death then grants

To both our fates: The day we merge as one in bliss.

empirical shadows and beautiful light