So Long

For Chris

If you must leave
Then let it be like this
With a thoroughfare of pastimes
Of our fondest of memories
Admiringly and reverently amiss

To summon a remembrance
Of grievances foregone
Amidst a crescent moon
At our meeting place
In the small of the valley
Gone but not forgotten

And there and then
We bid farewell
From where our story began
With muted smile
And one last kiss
Where so long stood still

If we must part
Until I see you again
Oh, my love
My dear friend, forever
And meanwhile
Let it be like this