She said, “I
am bleeding”
but on her I
could not find the wound.
She said, “why
are you screaming?”
I said,
“because you still cannot hear me”.
She said, “I’m
leaving”
I said, “you
left me long ago”.
She said, “I
was here”
in action, but
not in thought.
I watched her
as the shadow moved
to lay on the
ground before her.
Until now it
had always been behind her
as she walked
towards me.
With
determined steps
her image
began to fade.
And her memory
was now
the thing that
enveloped me.
I said,
“goodbye” in a whisper
that fell upon
deaf ears.
I listened,
but even the echo
no longer
spoke to me.
I said, “come
back” but it faded
into the
darkness.
You said,”
nothing ever
again.
Eerie. Talking to a ghost of a past presence and finally, letting go. As always, brilliantly penned. I adore your style. It is simple and always engages the attention of the reader. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteIt's like hitting the rewind button...and looking at a relationship with that hindsight vision that sees things so clearly. Rarely, though, do we possess that vision while we're in a relationship...
ReplyDelete