One Last Time Forever Poem by Dónall Dempsey

The palest of pale blue
shot through with an exquisite pink

the sky slashed through and through
with a wondrous blood red orange

that bleeds yellow

the sky line nothing but a silhouette
of shapes that sift and shift

like a cut-out town
an illustration for a child

an open fairytale
pop-up book

the morning struggling to be
born

as my love sleeps peacefully
upon a pillow

and I journey further from
her dreams

as they reach out
to try and keep me

by her side

her dreams
all the colours

of this sunrise

I entering into her
dream to kiss her

one last time
(one last time)

...forever.