A strange and settled calm enveloped me This morning when I said my last farewell. I walked in peace no sorrow could displace, No anguished thought intrude down to the sea. The sun though cloud-obscured would soon arise, The eye of moon closed slowly sinking down Into the pensive day's awakening. They gathered silent by the parapet Watching as I walked through waves and foam Releasing your body's essence from my clasp. In this hour of serenity when loss Is but a dream and grief a luxury You would not countenance in your regard, All pain expunged by grace, the wounded heart Widened to encompass life and death As moments in the play of endless time In this saga of the human soul on earth, All my being focused now on Her Surrenders in a blaze of golden light.
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