UNSHED

I moved

Hoping to wash from my soul

Every memory of you

That I hold

Shifting all my treasured things

Into a new world

Made it look like home

And you didn’t come with me…

Victory!!

Yet it’s more hollow than defeat

You don’t come out of the woodwork

Silently

To sit cross legged beside me

There’s no voice telling me

To move aside

So you could steal my warm seat

There’s no gossamer touch

Caressing my brow

Lulling me gently to sleep

The air here

Doesn’t hug me anymore

In wishful embraces, so sweet

Yes I left you behind

All of you

There’s not even a wisp here

To invade my dreams

To smile at me

To help me live

To remind me to breathe

Yes, I lost you

And won instead

The bitter taste of defeat.

MS