Tell None

Tell no one I was here.

I never whispered in thy ear.

Nor touched the rain wet window glass.

I wipe my fingerprints

And quickly disappear.

.

I leave no hints.

I brush the path

I sweep my trail away

I leave thee not a single note.

And at the foggy pier by boat

Silent and slow I sail away.

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I leave no blossom by thy bed

As thou in peace and quiet sleep.

I leave no kiss upon thy head

Nor greeting nor a parting word

I trust that thou my secret keep,

And my unsaid goodbye is heard.

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‘Tis better no one know

That I was here to wipe thy eyes.

I left an age and some ago.

And told them all of my goodbyes.

But it was only thou, my dear

I could not bear to bid farewell

So I returned to say goodbye, and also tell,

Thee, tell no-one that I was here.

–Augst 6 2009