there once was a shadow - beautiful poem by Shaunt Basmajian

 
there once was a shadow on huron street
and she was the one who followed me home
it was on one of those star filled nights
full of awe and intrigue
while the street bells chimed
and the wind
curled under our feet

we met as strangers
(a collision from the streets)
i the invader from the suburbs
and you the alien
from your mind
back then
in those reprocessing days
when love was like an ocean
and life that ship on sea
beneath the fountain
with its wine
and the city half-lit
like a candlelight
for us to dance under
on the rooftops
beneath the trees . . .

there once was a shadow on huron street
but in the morning
you were gone


copyright Shaunt Basmajian

from Surplus Waste and Other Poems
Unfinished Monument Press, 1982

Shaunt credited me with editorial assistance when he published this collection with my Unfinished Monument Press. Shaunt was stabbed during a robbery when he was driving cab. I don't believe he made it to 40 -  his dates are 1950 to 1990. RIP Shaunt