After a poem is over, <br />We’ll remember what it contains. <br />After a song is over, <br />The memory of the tune remains. <br />After a love is over, <br />Comes the breaking of the chains. <br />After a dream is over, <br />Then cruel reality entertains. <br />After a pain is over, <br />A quiet, peaceful moment reigns. <br />After a life is over, <br />We go where the Lord ordains.<br /><br />Ernestine Northover<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/after-14/
