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.