The lantern/ M.

The light comes through. Always.

I'll be a half forgotten tune,

A memory,

Nestling in the oaks,

I'll be a sigh,

A cry, a tear-

Uncried,

unuttered,

And unsighed.

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I'll be a smile

All lost in thought,

A word that still

Rings true,

perhaps.

I'll be a glance,

A word of hope,

A life that's lived

Beyond regret.

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I'll be with you in dream

And light,

In waking hour,

In wandering days.

I'll be with you

For in your heart

I have

The safest harbor

Of them all .

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My life was brief

Yet it goes on

Unwinding slowly

Day by day,

You've lighted up

The shadowed path

So I could rise

And breathe

Once more.

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Don't grieve for me,

My beating heart,

Don't think me gone,

For I am there.

Don't mourn ,

But let me stay awhile

To guide you through

The night’s

Dark realm.

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Our paths, once crossed,

Can't be undone,

For we have both

Wished it to be.

The hearts and souls

Are thus entwined

To keep the light

Unchained,

Unbound.