Simply Being Loved

Sometimes
Memories are the real pain.
I see you walk by,
My heart remembers your touch,
My hands remember
The warmth of your hands.
My soul remembers the promises.
Are memories
Better left forgotten?
You haunt my nightmares,
As often as you haunt my days.
Shadowy memories,
Almost the most painful.
I can’t forget you,
I can’t shake
The memories from my mind.
I’ve moved on,
Found someone new.
The shiny new toy
Doesn’t exist.
Just the new love,
The One that sees
Me for me.
I take her hand,
Like I took yours.
Something’s different.
I don’t remember you
When I’m with her.
She knows me
Better than you did,
She has seen my soul
And did not turn away like you.
I look into her eyes,
Like I looked into yours.
I see love,
I don’t see reservations,
Like I saw in yours.
Reminded
Over and over,
You were never
The One.
She may be,
I now remember
What love tastes like.

Rescue Me

Yearning for the silent escape,
I can taste the poison
On my tongue.
The screams come out
Raging against my soul.
My heart is lost,
Aching to need,
Aching to love,
Aching for love.
The kiss of Death
Is all too sweet.
Reaching out
Trying to find
That one solid grip.
I can’t see you
But it’s my heart
That was leading,
And the reason
For the relentless bleeding.
Creeping along,
Take my hand,
Lead me to that place.
The one that will save me,
Take me there,
I need to be rescued.