8-23-05 - in progress - Gone Away

She startles awake
on her lips, his name
only to fade
gone away, gone away.

She passed on the street
the one from her dream
She turns to see
gone away, gone away

She looks at her child
to recognize
his soulful eyes
now grown, gone away

The passing of time
is taking her mind
is it unkind?
gone away? gone away?

And now she is old
Letting loose life's hold.
He's calling her home.
gone away. gone away.