Loss -

Romance was not manifest

Candor;

a lesson learned that

Reaching out has always brought me pain

Whilst darkened thoughts lead to an early grave

You waved goodbye and bought a one way ticket out from

My loss

All earth’s light could never feel my loss

I want to thank you for sparing me

The years or empty hope strung

Along for what seemed like a legacy

Your face is tightly etched into my mind

Like scar-tissued caligraphy