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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GONE, by MARY WALLACE KIRK
First Line: You are much more vivid
Last Line: Oh, there's empty space!
Subject(s): Absence; Death; Separation; Isolation; Dead, The
First Line: You are much more vivid
Last Line: Oh, there's empty space!
Subject(s): Absence; Death; Separation; Isolation; Dead, The
You are much more vivid
Than you were before
That strange day they carried you
Through the open door.
Queer that I remember
All the things you said
Ever so much better,
Now that you are dead.
Every day and hour,
All the things I do
Are with the intention
Just of pleasing you.
Thinking of you always,
I can see your face,
When I turn to touch you,
Oh, there's empty space!
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