…the reckoning

Under this darkened sky, I await the rising moon
here there is only loneliness, only the agony of loss
for this is it, the reckoning, we sin and sin again
and the anguish eats away at our tortured hearts
I can take no more, sorrow forever flows in my veins
in time this will be just a memory
I am not who you thought, I am no longer who I used to be
your voice now tortures my soul
forever bound, forever mine, you said
but they also say that all good things must end
love, so ephemeral unable to be held
once I was your one and only, once you were mine alone
but now I am a lost soul darkness is already my only companion
and as I walk away, in my heart I know
that I may never truly say goodbye
and under this darkened sky I still await the rising of the moon
© Ann Bagnall