We haven’t spoken
in so long, dear
This year has gone
by in a blur
Today seems everything’s
gone wrong here
I’m looking for
the way things were
I know you’d laugh
and call me tragic
For everything’s
in disarray
These rooms were
always full of magic
That’s vanished,
since you went away
This house is crowded
now with questions
Your John’s
a walking questionnaire
And I could surely
use a few suggestions
On how to brush
our daughter’s hair
When Georgie needed explanations
You always knew
just what to say
And I miss our
family conversations
It’s silent,
since you went away
Winter has gone
But not from this room
Snow’s left the lane
But the cherry trees
forgot to bloom
I’ll carry on the way
you told me
I say that like
I have a choice
And though you are
not here to hold me
In the echoes
I can hear your voice
But still one question
fills my day dear
The answer
I’ve most longed to know
Each moment
since you went away dear
My question, Kate, is-
