Time has stopped for me
now just emptiness and echoes
these meagre bequests
are all that remain
I leave you the sky
and the way the stars once spoke
in a night full of whispered light
in the quiet dusk
I hand you the fading day
moments spun in gold
memories are all I have
a thread between dusk and dawn
take the summer rain
its soft kiss upon your face
take the blooming trees
and the wind that once held you
I leave you what I cannot have
© Ann Bagnall
Annie's Poetry 