The Tune Escapes Me (Poetry)

Now I have no song
time has stolen it
thieved note after note
so the tune is lost
stray words left homeless

An everyday life’s
wishful melody
it gave comfort with
sounds reliable
as background music

Silence sighs — stutters
suffocates slowly
kills nature’s rhythms
my ears mourn their loss
searching for echoes

I’m lacking a theme
an aural guideline
to lead me through these
discordant hours
soothe gnawing worry

I dream it finds me —
faint ghost-sung chorus
my youth’s own solo
when breath came easy
and hope carolled free