One Alone

Empty glasses, two I see

A table set, for my wife and me

Seated there, no glass I fill

As times remembered, my breath does still

Happy days when we first met

Old promise’s, of days to be as yet

Green meadows, and long sunny days

Of years to be, but time not stays

But passes by, like the blink of an eye

Chances lost, I know not why

The bottle stands, unopened yet

Two glasses dry, as they are set

Alone I sit, now the sun its light has shed

Now all dark not bright but not yet to bed

Alone I am, in this home that once was ours

Waiting, long the passing hours

The day has passed, but for me no stars

What I wonder happened, to that time of ours

So long together, but oh so short

For time has wings, of a sort

The years have passed and taken their tole

Like a thief in the night, my love it has stole

When that dark shadow comes and my time is done

I will accept, that times arrow now has won

It will not be that dark shadow that I see

For that dark one, is not for me

It will be my dear wife who takes my hand

To guide me to that promised land