"The Long Road After Despair"

"The Long Road After Despair"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I

I wish that things could have been different

that we would continue ignoring each other for now

that we would be cold and clash

at least there was hope in that

II

Death like a thief in the night

took you both from me 

long before reparations have been made

long before those beautiful days

III

I wish things to be different

but wishes are not meant to be heard

Only the long road from despair follows

The one that I must now retake

IV

I keep on expecting your voices to be scornful

and to judge me and to correct me

but none of those come

none of those and I am on my own

V

This is not what I wanted

I wanted you to grow old and be grumpy and to be you

calling from some part of the world

or arguing with me about this thing or that

VI

And that ender of things called death took you

No more sorrows , no more arguments

And the silence I hear is the one I must bear

I wish things were different but they cannot be.

4/10/2018 , UHG Bldg N , QC , 5:27am