The Vanishing

Every step I take
disappear,
every sound I make
refuse to reverberate…

Does it mean?
I’ve stopped existing
does it mean?
that I’m not of importance?

What happened to?
the promises made,
the pact that we’ll
do it together?

Is it null and void?

Was it words written 
in the sand on the seashore,
only to be washed away 
with the first signs of high tide?

Don’t you know 
that it’s not that easy to forget
that it’s not that easy to pretend,
that we were once inseparable,

So I walk around in this labyrinth,
more bewildered,
but in anticipation
for that day…

That day my footsteps
will remain,
for that day my voice 
will reverberate again….
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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May 22, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Heartfelt poem, Wilma! Enjouyed reding your poem today! And thank you for your kind comment1 Have a great weekend....Rgds. Gert
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May 21, 2010 at 6:50 AM
felt it right down the bones, enjoyed the fine poem,..p.d.
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