George Freek
After You've Departed
Summer's flowers are gone.
All I see are the decaying remains.
The trees are empty.
It's hard to remember
when leaves were there.
In the garden an empty hammock
creaks in a bitter wind.
Winter has now lumbered in.
I talk to my cat,
to the moon and the stars.
They have nothing to say.
I think of the aroma of roses.
For a moment, it's sweet.
But I can't make it stay.
Bio
George Freek's poem "Enigmatic Variations" is currently nominated for Best of the Net. His poem "Night Thoughts" is also nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His recent collection "Melancholia" is published by Red Wolf Editions.