In My Heart You Live

My heart tremors
Knowing when I dial 724, 
Your voice will never again resonate
The wrinkled lines of father time-
Gave up on you
How could he?
There was goodness in the air as long as your heart-
Continued to beat,
My mind turned so very opaque-
In the moment of the morphine's first droplet
My soul fell to the linoleum-
In the moment I had to say goodbye
I misplaced a part of myself-
When I stood amongst masses of others,
In a room with loud murmurs,
Where your name was tacked up in white-
All I knew of you laid in a wooden box.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Eckiwaudah Avatar
July 24, 2009 at 12:19 PM
nice poem. loved it. always, cherica lynn <3
Kroeger Avatar
April 24, 2009 at 8:43 AM
awww
Tugaff Avatar
March 21, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Mellisa,this is a sad poem but it shows love and memories. Ernilando
Lokken Avatar
March 8, 2009 at 7:24 AM
A very painful, cutting, double-edged write, full of yearning. Regards, Sara
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