IMAGES
I sit razed by the image
An image of a friend
Long gone away.
Among the hands of reality
Leaving me with but an
Image…
An image of a history
An image of a past.
The image…
Of the promises
That lay unbroken
Along the shores of my lips.
As you calmly step into
My portraits…
Of my images…
I sit razed
Watching the waves,
Crash upon
The footprints…
That I hold onto forever
As I try to forget
You…
Your image…
Your friendship…
I sat razed
Knowing only the memory
Of unbroken promises
Except one….
Except one…
You said you’d never leave
You said you’d always care
We’d be friends forever
We’re stuck with each other,
And you lied…
Never once….
To me…
Until you did…
You did….
And you forgot my image
As you ran away
To reality
And I stood watching
By the shoreline…
The image of your footprints
Washing away
To infinity
And I sat razed…
By my own image
When I told you
Not to go.
And you did….
The one promise you
Couldn’t keep.
I am just an image
Gazing at an image
Of you,
Forgetting me:
An image
An image…
In the scrapbook
Of
unbroken promises…
EXCEPT THE ONE….
YOU WOULDN’T KEEP
And the one…
I couldn’t allow myself to believe.
AUG. 99
Dedicated to all the friends who have lost a friend.