{"sf1_id":1873353,"sf2_id":"rnabpkJ1","title":"Gone","author":"Kuvanu Apak","words":181,"posted_at":"2022-07-12T02:25:00.000Z","tags":["Emotional","Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1873353-gone","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rnabpkJ1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/03/e2/03e2666e-60c3-4a0e-8a3f-7c1a1d2b6be2","description":"#2 of Poems\n\nA poem I wrote for a friend that I feel has been getting closer to me everyday. A friend of theirs recently suffered a loss, and she asked my to write this for him. This is for you my friend....","content":"_ **Go** __ **ne** _\n\n_In the future there lies a peace_\n\n_Where the spirits of life meet once more_\n\n_All dressed in their coats of fleece_\n\n_To embark on the final journey to the distant shore_\n\n_While darkness reigns for a span_\n\n_Always to yield to the ever present dawn_\n\n_Memories of yore are a fan_\n\n_Of the grace with which we all fawn_\n\n_Loss is the nature of life_\n\n_A great circle that begins with the birth_\n\n_Of a new age, a tale that is rife_\n\n_Yet beholds to mirth_\n\n_Words can never replace that which is lost_\n\n_To you I leave this tale of woe_\n\n_A great sorrow to say goodbye is the cost_\n\n_And to this end I say death is not a foe_\n\n_Gone are the ones we hold dear_\n\n_To live on in their memory is the task_\n\n_Nothing remains but the pain and the fear_\n\n_Of a future without them to ask_\n\n_In this wisdom I share_\n\n_Hold not to sorrow_\n\n_Leave behinds its cold unbitter care_\n\n_And relish in the brightness of morrow_\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1739457-alone-i-live.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2056801-the-darkness.json"}}