The veil of a life we were living,

Had begun to fall away.

Though you wanted me no longer,

I wanted you to stay.

Quickening

Rhythms

Of heartbeats and

Memories,

I wonder how long it will take

You

To forget

Me.

Like tombstones and memorials

I’ll carve your name

Into my life,

Maybe I can make you stay.

Leave me alone

You say and

So of course I go

Because where once there was a

Softness,

Now all had turned to stone.