The Lights went Out

 rolling into a familiar warmth
and its not there
feeling for a familiar hand
and  grasps empty air

tears on furrows
of deep sorrow
years of loving
gone never to return

fading lights at dusk
her eyes strain to see
beyond the cloudy veil
and remember his smile

the comfort of promises
soon to meet
engulf  her soul
fluttering heart go free

like a dove
into the lighted sky
and the candles flutter off
with the passing breeze.