Bits and Pieces

Forget-Me-Not

One day I won't walk upon this floor

Covering the tracks that you made

Albeit ghosts of what once were,

But one that I knew before,

Before this world was torn to pieces

And I learned that once more my heart

Would be stolen from this place,

Another passing memory of "that girl."

Do I have some satisfaction of knowing

That I made a difference, an impact?

The lines, the chisel of your face

Show nothing but placid attention

To the nothingness and universe

Around you.

So perhaps I meant nothing

But I can assure you that

Every smile you passed on to someone else

Other than me

Both delighted and broke my heart.

I will not sing a duet with you,

Will not dance or act upon this stage with you again

But perhaps when I caught you looking

As I laughed at something you said,

Maybe that was a beginning

An opportunity lost because of my

Foolish insecurity or otherwise.

But oh, how I'll miss you

And as I sit, thinking, as age and time and space

Pass me by,

I know I cannot forget you.