I’ve waited a long time for you
to apparition here…
Walk thru’ that distant
door of light and reappear ….
You would fill a gloomy
corridor with light for me.
The lamp lit shadows on your face
would be familiar.
Each cautious step
along the creaking floor..
would bring you back to me..
….into my life….
but not …forever.
Kristine Byrne. March 2019