Letter to an Old Flame.

A Letter to an Old Flame.
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Long time no see Old Flame,
I trust your ills are better now,
while all things good remain
the same.

I thought of you yesterday,
walking by the shores of
Lonesome Phantoms Bay;
There was a merriment in
your countenance then, and
I always seemed to know
(by heart) the perfect things
to say!
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Do you still talk to those
restless shadow men, who
once trembled ceaselessly
at the foot of our bed?
(or am I the only Shadow
now who haunts your
weary head?)

I hear your name in every
love song, regardless that
the music in my soul has died.
And though I often boast how
loneliness makes me strong,
I would give eternity to have
you by my side!

For without you (Old Flame)
the days are cold reminders
of a Love that should have
been; as I waste away in
shame with Devils as my only
Friends!

And without you (old flame)
nothing will be good, or
right again;...(while all things
ill remain the same.)

J.Stephen.H.