MendedFences27

Nothing

Nothing                    

 

Now, you are gone.

Packed your bags

and said we were done.

Asked if I would forward

everything you’ve left

except your magazines.

And now, I’m lonely 

here with my things 

and ask myself

what do they mean?

 

Nothing, nothing at all.

 

You took yours and left

but with you also went 

many things of mine

like tender moments when 

we would touch and break into

laughter, or maybe go walking 

by the sea

or wake together and

share our morning tea.

What is there now  

that I awaken to?

 

Nothing, nothing  at all.

 

In recollection we had

dinners for two

followed by concerts 

in the park

and driving home 

we would stop by our spot

and watch the ocean

in the dark.

Now that you’re gone

and my heart aches

there’s no one that makes

barely a mark.

My heart remembers you

as everything

and what are they ?

 

Nothing, nothing at all.

 

You gave my life: 

a meaning

beyond living

beyond loving

fulfillment greater 

than pleasure

achievement richer 

than success.

 

Now, you are gone

 

and life without meaning.

leaves only

the darkest fulfillment 

achieved in stopping by 

our ocean spot

and turning the darkness into…

 

Nothing, nothing at all.