…cannot be breached

We have lost each other here
beneath this veil that once sheltered us
here between the darkness and the now fading light
our colours were constantly shifting
the songs of our hearts now distant and indistinct
as the birds cry into the wind
their pleading songs vanishing into the voids of the night
as the cold catches their wings
I feel their absence like a wound
sorrow flows through my veins like ice through a reluctant river
catching on each sharp memory as they flow in all directions
and aching for sweet release
confronting the rising dawn with an empty heart and empty arms
all that remains are fallen leaves
whispering in the dust and the shadows
and the swirling rivers of my pain
closing my eyes, I turn away as I know the currents are strong
you are now out of reach
and the distance between us cannot be breached
© Ann Bagnall