She hath wings

You are indelible-

Years since we spoke;

Yet I miss you so deeply.

Bitterness dissipated;

I would see you again.

I can slip into yesterday

Like an old school dress;

Ill-fitting, faded-

Yet comforting;

Short reveries from

An unrepeatable time.

You decided not to grow old

With your loyal chum;

How you stabbed my heart,

Yet helped me

All on one day.

My dream-world shattered;

I sought the truth.

Suddenly ties severed-

The magic of youth disappeared.

Careless words magnified the gaping wound;

I hated that you were so hard to release.

I hoped my name would later,

Come to your lips

As yours does to mine,

This very day;

I can only hope that those years

Weren’t in vain…

And that I may have been

Indelible.

© M. Patterson 25.9.21