when i thought of you
i smelled rain
sunshine
wildflowers

but then you were gone

i began to smell cigarette ashes
coffee beans
generic hairspray

when i thought of you
i heard concertos
symphonies
angels

but then you were gone

i began to hear screams
iron grinding on steel
fingernails
on my chalkboard

you left me alone
and took everything good with you


                                                           ­                       *you ******