ever after all

The spaces stretch between us in these years of slow decay
Till every road I travel finds me searching for your face
If eyes have gathered wrinkles, I can still recall your grin
Through an ever-fading laughter that I never thought would dim

These remnants of our days enshrined have now returned to dust
They're sifting through the fingers of the only hands I trust
I no longer walk beside you, I can't help you through the vines
Yet I've learned to thank the Maker for each treasure you may find

These pages of hereafter, filled with countless broken rhymes
They're gusting through the ages, briefly passing through our time
In this waning of a season, with the Autumn closing in
I wonder who you think of when you feel the summer wind


Jeff Kurfess, 2005