My Own Design Poem by Susan Lacovara

By my own design
I, keeping time
with the clock on the wall
Packaged up parcels
Put into U-haul
Cartons stored in the back of my heart
What keeps us apart
The too many miles
Of the ribbon stretched highway
Of your too many smiles
Now seems like forever
You went away
Alone on the Avenue
Of Forever And A Day
And while we're apart
What becomes of the heart
That heard all of my tales
And should I grow old
Will you still be there
With my hand to hold
Inside of a song
That breezes on by
On the gales of a storm
Will we toast the town,
In our yesterday gown
Keeping in step with time
By my own design