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
