Empty Jack

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A distant sail on evening's set
no color binding form
an empty flask
where you once sat
and kept my shoulder warm
~
Transparent
stripped
reminders gone
no keepsakes marking time
no lost refrain
or captive song
depletes infectious rhyme
~
Revoking nights
of shameless play
beneath a comber wave
where fervent sky
entombing dusk
rent heart to looming grave
~
Conception nests
in solitude
o'er seabird casted songs
born in mist
of crashing swell
adieu ...
bereave prolongs
~
In time
perhaps
in your respite
you'll stumble
breaking stride
beneath your step
an empty flask
your memory
corked
inside
~