I shall come back without fanfaronade
Of wailing wind and graveyard panoply;
But, trembling, slip from cool Eternity-
A mild and most bewildered little shade.
I shall not make sepulchral midnight raid,
But softly come where I had longed to be
In April twilight's unsung melody,
And I, not you, shall be the one afraid.
Strange, that from lovely dreamings of the dead
I shall come back to you, who hurt me most.
You may not feel my hand upon your head,
I'll be so new and inexpert a ghost.
Perhaps you will not know that I am near-
And that will break my ghostly heart, my dear.
I Shall Come Back
Dorothy Parker
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Poem topics: feel, heart, wind, dear, head, eternity, shade, ghost, afraid, cool, strange, melody, break, april, april fools, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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