Unable To Let Go Poem by John Duffy

Foundation of the piece.


Is life just a purging of the soul and to ascend to a higher plane of existence,

do you have to let go of everything and everybody you once loved or knew?

To do so?

Or would you wait to be called to join them if separated because you couldn't let go of your old life?

Title:

Unable to let go

(A lone raspy voice talks in the fog as it slithers in - to a hidden audience)

I crossed over
In March

On the fifth

In the year of our Lord
1902

And all these sad years
I've sat

Patiently waiting for her

I've watched
Our old beautiful world
Burn

Through the blackest of fire filled nights

Through two world wars

Witnessed hearts bleed
With incomprehensible need

Seen corruption and illusions unfold

Hand in hand
With greed

Out in the warm and cold

As the seduced welcomed evil into their strongholds

Watched shining stars fall
Sat thinking of my fate

As I wait
Pining asking myself

When will she call me to walk and join her through that silver gate

That I look to

Down this dark road
Every second

Whenever I think
Of her

For I've looked in
Old memories that once beckoned

Explored all the seconds and who knows
Linked to being found guilty of sin

Chased paper boats
With endless time

Just hoping
She's coping
In Heaven

And not broken in two
Like me
In this Deep Divine

But still
Perched

Upon this rock
Chained like Prometheus

I
Wait

Even though the Mendli
You lot listening

Think I'm crazy
But my old Love
Still cuts me open

Making me cling to an old life

With wild dreams of a new beginning

So angels
Forgive me

But hear me
Quick

Take my hand
And lead me home
To her

Give me the Star Fire
If this can't happen

Or you can't do it

For I fear
I can no longer
Wait

For the opening of that gate

So let me cross the burning sand barriers

Step straight through the eternal fire

For is waiting for true love
The price

Worth all this pain

As one
Moves on
And one remains

Show me a happy couple
And I'll show you the fire that ignites

And it's that light
That I pray

Keeps carrying me
On horseback

To my beloved wife

Throughout
All these
Endless nights

As I fight Father Time
To return to that old life

(C)
Copyright John Duffy