will I remember you
as sunlight –
swept atop the waves
as tears
my heart neglected –
were never yours to save
will I barter still
this shallow breath
for pages old and faded now –
for one more line
another grace allowed
a place to be
by verse erased
as lifetimes spread to days between
our last goodbye
as fate returned –
the dreamer
from the dream

. . .

Jonathan Mark Lundquist
1956-2019