Denouement With No Resolution

The music ends.
I would rewind the tape
But for the law of beginnings and ends—
Nothing can be repeated
Only replaced

And that’s how we’ll end our days.

The rain has stopped
And I peer through the window
At the Moon rising through the gray haze

Somewhere in the darkness you sleep
Impossibly distant
Beyond the glistening trees

Somewhere my replacement
Despairs of nights
Of the torment of this loneliness

There will be other storms
But no eternal returns—
That's decided

But after an interval
Without reprise
Life will go on

With nothing resolved by clearing skies