You have drifted from my heart, <br />On your separate, silent way; <br />Though I had hoped, of all I've known, <br />You, at least, might stay. <br /> <br />There is come an empty place, <br />Where your memory long lay; <br />When young, we promised not to part- <br />'Friends for life, ' we'd say. <br /> <br />You, who once more brightly shone, <br />Grow now fainter, day by day; <br />I can no longer see your face: <br />Time has dimmed your ray.<br /><br />Stephen Brooke<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-who-once-more-brightly-shone/