The Poetry Marathon

When this verse

Closes

My memories of you

Ends

And my dreams of you

Fades

Goodbye

Will never be

An option

For us

You declared

Tears

Will never

Touch

Us

You uttered

Only warm hellos

Only giddy laughter

I never

Understood

Your words

Because you

Left

I am still

Walking the cobbled

Streets

We walked on

I am still

Riding the choppy seas

We sailed on

I am still climbing mountains

We scaled

My spirit lingers

In the places

We have been

While yours

Have sought

Other adventures

You have moved on

While I stayed

You are looking at tomorrow

While I live in yesterday

You thrive in today

While I linger in memories

I am just

A memory to you

Now

I was never

A part of your

Life

I will stop

Thinking of

You

So the memory

Will fade

I remember

When people spilled out

And doors spewed them

I remember

When children burst in seams

And flew in the air

I remember laughter

And banter

And mirth

Now, there is only silence

I slipped out

Of your grip

When I could

No longer fathom

The tears

That remained

After the laughter

Has ended

Time, you said

Is what you need

To keep this

Whatever we have together

That still remains

Nameless after

So many years

Yet you never

Seem to have

Enough of it

To give me

Time, you pleaded

When I walked away

From you

And whatever it is

That we have

That now

Will forever remain

Nameless

There was spark

You said

The first time you saw me

There was hope

You reflected

When you met me

You gripped

My extended hand

And

You never let go

I always look for your smile

In the melee of people

In the crowded mall

In the arrival lounge

I keep the memory of your smile

In my heart

So I can go on my day

With the hope

That one day

That smile will be for me