Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TIME, by MARY SCOTT WILLOUR


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TIME, by                    
First Line: Dear one, it seems a year since yesterday
Last Line: I spend the years between just marking time.
Subject(s): Time


Dear one, it seems a year since yesterday.
Each leaden hour weighs upon my heart.
Each dream I dream, each empty word I say
Stands off and mocks me when we are apart.
But, when I am with you, then time takes wings,
Each simple dream becomes a breathing jewel,
Each word takes on the majesty of kings;
And life burns bright with ecstasy for fuel.
I but exist the day I do not see
Your face before me, dear, and do not hear
Your strange and haunting voice compelling me;
My life becomes a shell without you near.
Seconds with you are centuries sublime;
I spend the years between just marking time.





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