by Lisa Parris

Created on: January 04, 2009

When the evenings of forever
Started fleeting
Going fast
In the distance
Behind closed eyes
I could still see you
Standing with your back to me
Unaware
I tried hard to memorize the moment
Knowing it would be important
Without fully grasping why.

I watched you walk away from me

Not realizing you would not look back

Not knowing I had seen your face for the last time

I tell myself now

If I had known, I would have done things differently...

How brilliantly I lie

Even I believe me.

And now

All these long days later

The warm winds of summer

Become that days wind

Blowing you back to me

Time has softened the sharp edges of my memory

I no longer remember the feel of your hand in mine

Only recalling that you held it

I cannot remember the scent of your hair, freshly washed

Only that I loved it

I am not made of the kind of metal

That would allow me to sleep at night

Without memories of you

My yesterdays unravel before me

Brightly polishing my mistakes

Until the glare hurts my eyes

Powerless to change what I've done

Alone in the darkness

Between the shadow and the soul

I put my love for you away once again.

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