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Magnum Opus (The Headstone)



A man penitent

before stone and strength

this momentous rock

so proud and defiant

symbol of love

symbol of life

impossible to approach

and keep his head high

for this mighty block

of marble and granite

so delicately carved

so intricately built

stands as reminder

to a love that didn't end

even when life did

so many years ago



though decades pass

the message is no less powerful

though weather and age

crack and corrode

though the names are nearly gone

and so difficult to read

this sign of faith

in the power between two

stands through time immemorial

it peers into souls

and measures yours

against it's monolithic spirit

and no man without such loss

can stand before it

and not yield

to the sign it represents

and kneel in hope

that he too can know such love

that lasts as long as this

Love is loss

But not forever

a breaking heart

like any other part

of ourselves and of each other

mends before we knew it could

ready to love again and more

so that even by surprise or chance

a friendly wink and smile

sends our hearts racing double time

even faster than before

The silver flashes its response

swaying in the brilliance of the light

that waits just meters away



A shining reminder

to this nether world

where darkness meets daylight

like stained glass



wandering curiosity seekers

poke at the silver

tug at its luminescence

then bored at it's lack of response

they wander on



Love used to be your voice

now love holds you deep in it's arms

away from the world

your flashes of light quiet reminders

of what you once shouted in joy



you ebb and flow with the darkness

never wandering too far

a silver leash tethers you to sadness



a silver heart

tied to silver skin

that's gone cold and wet away from the sun

a silver memorial that dances

beneath the ripples of the water

and often hides in the watery locks of hair

that once framed my love