Unrequited Love Affairs

Just a Memory

You're just a memory

I wash away with lonely tears

Like faded chalk imprints

Wade away with rain drops

A good old story

That stopped reaping laughter

An ache in my chest

I've learned to ignore

Wish I could swallow

This block in my throat

That turns me speechless

I hated everything we were

So I just became a me

With no recollection of you

Or how you make me feel

We can't say goodbye

If neither of us speak

I thought it would be easier that way

So why am I writing you a poem

If you never existed

What are these warm, salty floods

Streaming from my blurry vision

I wanted you to be nothing

Wished I could erase you

But decided to settle

For a memory