Gone

And then you're gone And the days are no longer filled with color The streets returned to the same noisy chaos The sidewalks have lost their grace and the gardens were taken by the sand and begun to die At least for me The nights are darker The moon lost its charm There is a feeling in the air, a sweet melancholy that dims the lights of the stars, fills every space, and drains your will At least mine Life is momentarily off track and the steps are more steep Thoughts become a two-edged knife, buried deep, causing more damage than it should and hope flees to an unreachable place At least for now The sky is always gray Clouds no longer make sense and the only rain welcome is within you to maybe wash the blues away But not even the strongest of storms can At least not this heart And then you have gone to shine elsewhere but left behind a sublime trail and despite the pain, there is a beacon within me moved by the memories of our travelled horizon and At least these will never fade away.