Your Memory comforts me
Today again I rushed up the stairs,painfully and haltingly moving on,
until i reached the place where you used to stand,
the wall where you used to lean against.
I felt it deep within me,
a wrenching pain so terrible that I fell to my knees,
tears flowing unabashed and unaware,
your absence searing me to the core.
How I longed for a whisper, a sign.
That you still care, that you remember.
The silence that greeted me was defeaning,
those steps a witness to the love you once shared,
a love you gave so freely and stilll more to give.
You never ceazed to amaze me with the extent and depth of your love.
Where has it all gone to now,
the darkness enshrouding my soul in its midst,
the light gone from my world.
I embrace the dark as my companion now,
the rays leaving blisters whenever they touched me.
I never hope to embrace the light again,
you were the only light in my life.
I leaned against the wall which once had the priviledge of your touch,
I caressed the place where your body brushed the concrete.
How blessed were they to have experienced your presence,
the silent witnesses to my utter pain now.
I wondered what depth of desperation led me to come here,
a place where I could feel you, remember you,
and remember my laughter and happiness most of all.
I could never imagine that one day my tears would fall on that same place,
to wash away all the memories of a happy bygone time.
I walked away, drying the tears as I returned to a cruel world without you,
a world oblivious to the sheer screaming inside of me,
the tearing up of something deep withing me,
that once came together by breathing your scent.
Without you by my side,
I have only your memory to comfort me.
Poetry by myst_ery
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Editors' choiceWritten on 2012-09-07 at 17:48
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