A Farewell to a Past Self

She doesn’t ask me to leave,

She asks to to stay

Too long 

With too little movement

I watch the sun fade

Blue skies to grey

And never once 

Do I remember her name

Yet, the smell of her 

Perfume

Haunts me

Perhaps it was the way 

The air felt

The sudden breeze

From above

That ruffled the skirts 

Of who she once was

And tore away the facade 

Maybe the distant rain coming

Or the lightning that 

flashed in her eyes

But, I knew I’d never

See her again

The moment I told

Her good bye 

What an innocent dolly

She once was

What a behaved little soul

Now I keep her safe 

In my locket 

A piece that I’ll never let go

Though the pulse of her 

Heart will forever

Be the voice 

That sings 

Through my bones

The keeper of all inner music

The silence of a past

Lover’s ghost 

How I long to unknown

The secrets that girl 

Must behold 

With that voice

That signs through 

My bones