another year come to close

last goodbyes, dusk glows,

telling tales, far and wide,

desert mist, deep ocean tides,

creativity rediscovered at mundanity’s cost,

whatever pretence, need to be, was lost,

dark days and bright nights,

orphaned sadness, gloomy delights

a decade will go, when looking behind,

that last dusk, what memories bind,

missing unconditional love, affection now,

and a wish that evening return somehow