You've Taken His Place

You've taken his place

Erased his face

from my memory

unknowingly you've changed me.

You're a dream that has an end

And I don't pretend

That I am not distraught

As I find myself caught

in the reality

of a you without a me.

You've taken his place

Erased his face

from my memory

You've uncovered me.

I stand, walls down

About to drown

in our final chapter

there is no ever after;

just moments in time

when you can be mine

with no rules to break

and love can take

deep breaths of release

and we can piece

together our lives

before circumstance drives

us apart

and stills my awakened heart.

You've taken his place

Erased his face

from my memory

You've rescued me.  . .


© Ix-Chel Poot