A Sad Refrain

And now I go to write a sad refrain.
In truth, I may not pass this way again.
As light fades into dusk I turn away,
Regretting that, like sunlight, I can't stay.

There is too much regret between us now.
I tried to make it right but found, somehow,
That painful words we spoke stand in between,
Although they're not just words, but how we'd been.

We didn't think about each other then.
Because of that, I hear this sad refrain
And write the pain out of my frozen heart
Before I pack my bags and I depart.

Even as I go, I feel the tears
And know that I'll succumb to unknown fears
But that the time has come to walk away.
This sad refrain is all that's left to say.

© 2001 Pam H. Murray