POEMS ABOUT INSPIRATION > Will You As Well Forsake Me by Russell Wagoner

WILL YOU AS WELL FORSAKE ME

Will you as well forsake me,
Oh oldest of companions,
If your muses should escape me
In my mind’s engulfing canyons?

Though this mind, it tends to wander
And my spirit yearns to roam,
Do not fear if I should ponder.
I’ll ne’er forget my one true home.

If from now my course should alter,
I’ll return to find thee still
In the comfort of a dawning day
And dwell with you, I will.

I know your mountain breeze
And the power in his hold,
But know not he alone can ease
The pain of a heart grown cold.

If my back I’ve turned upon thee,
Have faith and teach me still.
My lesson: let it sunshine be,
And dwell with you, I will.

How well it is you know me,
How keen your watching eye,
To know my grief alone escapes,
Beneath your sunset sky.

Do not fear if I should falter,
Or turn from you in grief.
If heaven’s gardener were I were,
I would not stir a single leaf.

Though death will be my final fate,
If I’ve not found thee still,
Let heaven be your garden’s gate
And dwell with you, I will. 


RUSSELL WAGONER
©2013 Russell Wagoner
*This poem was written by Russell as a response to Emily Brontë's poem "Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee".

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