The time has ended

The time has ended,
     the time of our friendship,
Too good to last,
Too intense to survive,
     a summer past,
     a memory now distant.
My eyes
     through hot tears
     have opened to reality,
But the sting of pain will disappear
     ...tomorrow.
I will forget,
As you already have, long ago,
Like a beautiful fairy tale
     when the book has closed.
     
And the next thing you know
     a new morning has dawned.
     
--7/17/88