a quiet wave farewell

I do not know if you wept when I left you,
You seemed to be sleeping through the rain.
If you cried tears then, I did not see them
Run across the wet road that led me away.

I do not know if you waved goodbye then,
You laid still in that early morning shower.
I blew a kiss your cheeks never caught,
Lost in the building storm of your slumber.

I do not know if you saw me wave goodbye,
My fingers strumming gently a silent harp.
I seemed not to rouse you from your dreams,
So this, my dearest: how we drifted apart.

I do not know if I wept then, as I left you,
In the end the rain swallowed me whole.
If I cried tears then, you will never see them
Stain these roads with pieces of my soul.

2001.jul.20