LIKE YOU NEVER WERE
In a little while,
You are going to go,
To fade into the distance,
Become a mirage to deceive the eye,
Get lost within the mists,
Disappear like you never were.
I do not want you to go.
I do not want you to fade,
To lose your scent
Like the pages of old letters.
I do not want to stretch my fingers
At the wavering image that used to be you.
I do not want to find you
Like you were never here.
Will you stay for a little while,
Will you cease to flee my thoughts
And let the scent of your love
Cling to the walls of this old house?
Will stay here and never leave?
I do not want to find you
Like an unsure memory,
Like you never were.
©warpedpoetic, 2018.