IT HAS BEGUN <br />I MUST LEAVE YOU <br />AT THE DEPOT <br />DAWN WILL BREAK <br />AS WE MAKE OUR WAY <br />OVER AND BEYOND <br />THE HORIZON <br />IF EVER I SHOULD <br />ABANDON YOU AGAIN <br />LET IT BE IN MANHATTAN <br />BY THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE <br />WITH THE SUN SINKING <br />BEHIND THE SPIRES <br />OF THE BUILDINGS <br />SETTING THEM RED-AGLOW <br />YOUR FACE SHADOWED <br />YOUR GOLDEN HAIR ON FIRE <br />THE DULL GREY OF <br />THE BRIDGE'S METAL SUPPORTS <br />SHINING AS IF FROM A <br />NEW COAT OF PAINT <br />EVERYTHING RICH WITH PROMISE <br />HOPES OF A NEW LIFE BEGINNING <br />SOUNDS OF WATER LAPPING <br />AGAINST THE PILINGS BELOW <br />BOATS AND SHIPS SLICING THE WATER <br />WITH A GENTLE, COOLING SOUND <br />STILLNESS EVERYWHERE <br />BUT FROM AN OCCASIONAL <br />SPUTTERING TUG BOAT <br />CALLING OUT TO BE MATED <br />TO AN INCOMING MONSTER SHIP <br />HOME FROM A LONG JOURNEY <br />SUCH IS THE PLACE BY THE RIVER <br />WITH THE TWO SHORES <br />RIVALING EACH OTHER <br />ALWAYS CONSTANT AND REAL <br />I'LL BE HERE IN YOUR DREAMS <br />NEVER FORGET ME <br />GOOD MEMORIES SHALL ABOUND<br /><br />CAROL HUGHES<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-must-leave-you/
