Time To Let Go Poem by Edmund Calleja

(Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark. George Iles)

As the fairy dust settled gently
In the meadow of my poetry,
The dying notes of this melody
Came to rest in calm sobriety.

I gazed at the starry firmament
Of my solitary contemplation,
As their twinkle went out and darkness
Engulfed your treasured adulation.

My outstretched arms imploringly reached
Out to your fading apparition,
Clutching only the loving remnants
Of my poetic inhibition.

And all the verses I had carved
Came chanting softly in my ears,
With their caresses and their comfort
They wiped away my very tears.

My heavy Heart then sought her Soul and
Hand in hand they stood the quiet night,
As they lay there beside me waiting
For another dawn of hope and light.



14th December 2010