Memories That Fade Like Photographs - . by sinfulullabies

A second to remember,
All that I will allow,
A glimmer in your eyes
That didn’t need words to figure out.
A genuine smile beamed in my direction
Soon dismissed with a half-hearted nod.

Your warmth still lingers on me,
The only thing I have to hold on to.
Your face always wanders through my mind,
Leaves me in desolation,
a state I’ve crossed too many times before.

Cloudy overcast all around me,
The air surrounding growing thick.
Troubles always seem to find me,
Despair and regret follow closely.

Retrospectively, nothing was great
But enough to get me by.
Like a painkiller, you eased it for awhile
Then wore away, left me in denial.

It’s hard to create a image of what would be,
Confusion and silence hinder any straight thinking.
Without words to describe any emotion
I’m left useless and cut wide open.
Vulnerable to infection, I sew myself together
But the sting of tears makes it difficult to grasp any pleasure,
pull my wounds together.

On the peak of disintegration,
I see what’s ahead.
No hope for this relationship to ever make amends.
Your life is rejected and torn apart.
Your silhouette shredded and out of sight.
Nothing tangible to reminisce, your left in the past.
I pray that memories fade like photographs.