Coffee And Whiskey

Light frost on
the morning meadow;
sun kissing
the ridge tops;
another dawn
breaks.
Friends far away;
children gone
for good;
a string of lovers
like broken
promises
stretching into
the past.
Alone with words
and the wind,
the solitary
heart beats.
Steel yourself:
only one life
to live,
and this is it.
  - mce