How razor-sharp,
how fast beyond escape,
the flashing sword of fate
when, in one final strike,
it slashed the life-long bond
between the two of us, forever...
Not fast enough, alas, to kill
the ice-cold, stinging pain
that hit me when I realized
that our intense togetherness,
our times of greatest happiness,
had suddenly become
mere memories and dreams...
Willem VanVoorthuysen
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/memories-and-dreams/
