break up poem

i have known the silence of the stars and of the sea
he'd even have his joke
out of the deep and the dark
stir
desolate and lone
stand here by my side
the saddest of the year
that strange companion came on shuffling feet
they in the darkness gather and ask
just as my fingers on these keys
listen
braided and woven
at dawn, he said
do the boys and girls still go