6-29-96
THE RIVERS BETWEEN US
(for my Susan Mary)
Today I missed you especially,
As I watched the bride and groom kiss,
As I heard them exchange their vows,
Promising to love each other forever,
For better or for worse.
And I wished
It were YOUR finger!
It were MY ring
For you!
But I knew
You were beyond the Hudson,
beyond the Mississippi.
They flow
As my love loves outward
To you -
Beyond the Mississippi
Whose banks we strolled
Together
Hand in hand.
We looked East
At the Illinois shoreline.
East
Where the sun rises.
East
Where I am,
Beyond the Hudson
Whose waters whisper your name to me
As they lap the water wall
Of Manhattan Island,
MY island,
Where I wait for you,
long for you,
Susan of my dreams,
Shoshannah of my heart's desire.
Here we will shortly stroll
Blue Hudson's banks together,
Hand in hand,
Heart to heart,
Love to love.
Oh my beloved Susan!
When WE say,
"For better or for worse",
Rivers shall no longer flow between us.
They shall not part us
As they do now.
Only our love shall flow
As a never ending river to the sea!
