In Remembrance Poem by St.Claire Redwood

Thoughts, oh these obsessive thoughts
begone from my brain!
Let this churning, whirling end,
So night, take away the pain,
no longer trapped by desire
and burning guilt.
Let my mind rest in blackness,
Darkness beyond life!
Release the chains that bind fast
take sorrow away!

Oh night, no balm for conscience,
cease to be so dark!
Always man must live and die
and night become day.
Blood of the living must wax cold
and anguish must end?
Yet when death took my own love
heartache came to stay.
You, loving arms of the sad
fold gently around me,
let the peace that comes with loving
calmly flow oe'r me,
as you close your death doors
on complexities!

Heart of my heart, lost to me,
I cannot hold you,
and while my longing arms ache
to touch you again,
I close my eyes and I see
emptiness once more!
Your were my life and my hopes,
my dreams were all of you!
Now crushed and trampled I see
them strewn at my feet!
The tears that flow from my eyes
fall warm on my breast
and with them my blood wanes cold
and life starts to fade
while death's black oblivion
opens to receive!