I Carried You Poem by Barry Middleton

I carried you in every night
dreaming of coldest snow

you and I were young again
but that was long ago

I carried you through the day
haunting the deep shade

I tried to run from cruel time
where memories are weighed

I carried you throughout a life
and down a forgotten beach

in every spring in every breath
to realms beyond my reach

I carried you into the sun
raising a prayer to the sea

there at last your soul may sleep
and there I am set free