She cut it all down.
Sealed off every pathway.
{
But she can’t burn the memories.
No, she cannot.
They are moving pictures
Submerged in water.
All she can do is hope
They fade and dissolve.
Now that new life
Sets in I’m sure the
Images will go a
Little further into the
Depths and peek out.
They may even surface
Once every blue moon.
{
She can let go, but
Naturally some things
Will return and their own,
Unasked and unforeseen.
{
We were around each
Other for too long
And my ghost is
Safely wandering
Around her mind.
{
As my living self will miss her
Here and there, my soul can
Be at rest knowing she’ll
Remember from time to time.
{
She can cut it all down.
She can place a boulder in
Front of every entrance;
But there is still a pond
She will gaze upon and
Re-find what was.
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