Delightful Deceit

Like a withering flower in the fall The emptiness and sorrow surfaces Through the winter I shall suffer the ice Waging war against myself The memory and essence of her will entice Death is but in the past I have long fallen to the shade in black After the struggles and trials of life A heart and soul is what I lack A kiss and a hug is a memory of a fading youth A simple notch in a bedpost is all I am Carved by her smile and her grace The devil has appeared in my life Represented by her deceiving face Tossed to the curb like a piece of trash Even my name ceases to exist A few lines in a local newspaper The beating of my heart makes the list So take these words from me Because they are all I have left Ever piece of me has been stolen She has committed the ultimate theft