Should I Depart Early

Should I Depart Early, 

please do not fret 

For almost a certainty 

I’m home, tucked in bed 

Should you search there and find me gone 

It’s fair to say 

I rose again 

And walked along 

Off to the garden 

Off a beaten path 

Follow me 

Toward the endless sea

Should I depart early

Seek a quiet place

Like a stone 

So merrily do we roll 

Unsettled in our grace 

I likely took time 

To reflect on these rhymes 

A simple moment

Fleeting, unfamiliar 

In these vapid times. 

Should I depart early

Think of it not in terror

We so often find silence harrowing 

Instead take heed 

And mire in its pleasure

Should I depart early

I might have flown away, 

But don't be weary 

We’ll find each other 

Some other day