One of my multiple resolutions this year is to post to this #@$&! blog more often, so here's something I wrote for a recent Writer's meeting:

How I Miss You

Once so sharp

And full of snap

Often compared

To a mighty steel trap

But now edges are worn

And the lining has fray

I guess naught in life

Is here to stay

So crystal clear

Sparkling and quick

A vague remembrance

Burnt down is the wick

Gone off to new pastures

Away from my view

A distant memory

A soft, fading hue

I went to the Doc

For wanting you back

But still things are dim        

Bright lights fade to black

The cobwebs grow heavy

They whisper and sigh

A bad wind is blowing

The end is nigh

I miss you my darling

My dear closest friend

Long gone, off to wander

My thoughts you transcend

If someone could see you

And turn you my way

Long lost companion

My mind, gone astray!