Letting Go (a poem)
All that is Left
Since you've been gone
I have hung onto
faded memories
treasured moments
fo so very long,
a comfort from my loneliness.
These pictures and mementos
remind me of a time
of warm love
that filled my life,
only make me long to return
with a chance and hope
sheltered in the past.
To remove you
from my mind's eye
I drifted in and out
of a bright new consciousness
that made it known
what I thought
I should have always seen.
Aware of my new fate
I slowly tear
each picture
into unrecognizable bits,
driving for miles and miles
I give them all to the wind.
Before I lose my courage
I box up our life,
it isn't much
a few tokens
meaning nothing to their new owners.
All rituals and new beginnings behind
vows and promises spoken aloud
no remedy for cruel pain,
should all be enough to change my mind.
Still my heart
longs to see your soul
and feel your love once more.