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DESPAIR
Riding slowly across the meadow
That once seemed so lush and green
I weave through the early evening mists
Caressed by winds, sweet and clean
By the windbreak at the meadows edge
A steep rocky trail descends
I ease the horse over on the path
The long journey now begins
Afternoon skies surrender last light
Drab colors of pasty blue
Shadows now cloak hillside wildflowers
Soon ready for dripping dew
As I make my way down the valley
To my home on the far rim
I stop for a moment to look back
As the evening light grows dim
Unnoticed now are things in the past
Like old memories we have lost
It's an empty heart that fills me now
I realize that's the cost
I enter the yard where no one waits
She's not there like in the past
For today we buried my best friend
'God' could have taken her last
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