Look at me
just once again
with adoring eyes
if you can still remember
the feel of creating miracles
the sun and moon rising
only for our pleasure
all forgotten?
or tucked away in old Christmas cards
only to receive an occasional
melancholy glimpse
When did we die?
I feel so cold
Did my taste become stale?
once you savored
devoured
couldn’t get enough
now your voice on the phone
is so rare, so distant
Follow my heart?
I kneel to gather
the shattered pieces
fight to understand
to breathe
to reason
what went wrong?
thoughts abandon
my swelling
spinning head
hanging low
I feel the earth tremble
with every anguished sob
with every tear
my soul bleeds
What remains?
I don’t know
the gifts I gave
discarded wrappings under the tree?
the lights
dimmed
the music
silent
hope
gone
dreams
dead
oh
