something <br />savoured <br />this loneliness <br />the week <br />you were gone <br />your absence <br />greeted by <br />the bali bamboo bell <br />by the door <br />this dusk <br />something taken <br />for granted <br />until it sang <br />your love <br />your warmth <br />that it caused <br />a tide in the heart <br />a flood of <br />contentment <br />ying yang pleasure <br />absence makes <br />the heart grow fonder <br />the moon too <br />peered down <br />this side of kitchen <br />as i washed the dish <br />the water swirling <br />in its light distilling <br />a loneliness <br />that inspired verses <br />this night i imagined myself <br />on a ship that sailed <br />off to a land where <br />love abound, you around <br /> - that you were <br />just just inches away <br />that cold patch <br />of bed that i left untouched <br /> <br />inspired by <br /> <br />Love's Loneliness <br />Old fathers, great-grandfathers, <br />Rise as kindred should. <br />If ever lover's loneliness <br />Came where you stood, <br />Pray that Heaven protect us <br />That protect your blood. <br />The mountain throws a shadow, <br />Thin is the moon's horn; <br />What did we remember <br />Under the ragged thorn? <br />Dread has followed longing, <br />And our hearts are torn. <br />William Butler Yeats<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-s-loneliness-2/
