Accidental Elegy Poem by guillermo veloso

Inhabited and infested
By thought and desire
Monkey-brained and black veiled
Dreaming of day while
I dream at night

Laying low like morning fog
Quiet and still as an old barn
Falling to the ground with only birds and worm
As witness

What she wants
It wants
Life cycles
Life progress
It begs this moment

He waits now
For his nervous bride
As I await mine
My bride
My mistress
And I have walked with her
Throughout the years
Patient and true

Love was truth
Love the only reason
What was your tally?
Did you gather your winnings?
Did you gather your passions
As you gathered your bridal train?

It all comes to this
This moment, this
Culmination of days, minutes
Breaths, wishes and revolutions
On this rock

All these moments
Tears, baby smiles, pain, burnt sunrises, burnt leaves, summer breezes,
Crashing waves, first kisses, midnight loves, wet hair, flowers in bloom
Wet grass, eternal sands, sister embraces, island moonrise,
Leaving lovers, returning lovers, marriage, dawn's horizons,
Moss-painted castles by the sea, deflowered stories by the sea,
Old women creased by centuries, young women on the dirt road,
Movies in the dark, secrets in the dark, hand in hand in the dark,
A mountain in the sea, a sailor on the bridge, a sailor by your side
The mist of age, the explosion of youth, the
Coming of age, the going of life

All these pass now
Free of fear
The final surprise
The final miracle
That was this life
Free of fear now
The last lover
The last breath
Breathe it well
Breathe it deep
Then let it go

Say your goodbyes now
Look up
Look down
Look all around
Say your goodbyes
Smile, release and
Go to him
It is time to go.