O Sole Mio

 O Sole mio. …

I love waking up to your smiling face.

Some mornings I’m so blissful,

I just sit quietly drinking coffee watching you.

You light up a room when you enter.

It’s hard to feel depressed 

With you beaming at me

But lately I’ve noticed you’re changing your pattern.

There’s a lull in your appearance.

I no longer see you gradually waking up,

But, you are now fully dressed for the day

when I arise.

I miss those early morning moments:

just you and me

preparing for a new day

Soon, you will be gone on your chariot

in the early morning—-

off behind the hill, the bluffs

sharing your warmth with someone else?

Yes, I know you told me from the start

That our relationship would be brief

But I’m still heart-broken

that you are leaving me.

And yes, I know you’ll still be around

But, I’ll miss that early morning

come-hither face that gets me out of bed

and urges me forward:

to face a new day.

Apollo-Sol:

O Sole Mio