i have tasted love
swam
  treacherous waves of
pain and passion
  kiss of my belle
and nothingness after

i have seen your smile
light you might say
  in the new york night
i worshipped your laugh
knowing it would not stay
  and you are gone
    yet you remain.

the myth of sisyphus
we must imagine him happy
the absurdity of love
  in this modern race
the absurdity of life
  in uncaring space --
but it is all the more precious
  and worthwhile

in paris i kissed you
in greece i wrote you from afar
  sunlight and sunset
kayaks, shadows of moonlight
our vanishing time
  leaves me: dreams in midday
your eyes long held mine
  now here, now gone away
and still love is with me
  everywhere i go
i see you in the rain,
  and the shining sun,
in irish hills i will meet you,
  again, and i will know

nothing lasts
but nothing is lost

- sisyphus, connelly barnes 2011-05-11