you are almost gone completely
i no longer wear you on my
sleeve.
the ache i once held for you has
quieted itself. or has left. one

can never be too sure.

but the absense of such has made
room for those other feelings for
that other person to come dancing
back in. and so even though you
are almost gone, he has returned

and everything looks familiar again.

so i guess time & change & you did not
erase that part of me that once died
in his eyes and slept there,
comfortably.

and i loved a part of you, i believe that
with all that i am, all that i ever will be
but he's back again, that first ghost i loved
who, like you, never learned to love me.

maybe i'll get lucky this time. maybe he's
coming around and seeing something in me
that before could not be found. or maybe
this is just another accident waiting to kick in.
either way for right now i'm just relieved

that everything looks familiar again.

02/03/2003

Posted on 02/04/2003
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