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Created on: February 24, 2010
The Tenant
Your spirit is alive in my body
I can feel you are watching me
In every breath I smell you
I hear your footstep
I spin around but you are not there
My mind keeps conversations with you
I feel the touch of your hands
Shiver from your whispering words
My chin still blushing from your kiss
I see you in the corner
A shadow soon to disappear
Emptiness surrounds me
I live on my own
Still you live here with me
Forever the tenant of my heart
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