A caress,
    A captivating touch,
    A smile gone.
      Unmissed
    But not resented.
    What remains?
     The burden
     Or the freedom?
    That I no longer wish
    For such affection.

She has your eyes and smile,
which she hands me softly,
and I take it as we pass,
never glancing back.
I shudder to think
of when you held me,
and feel what I felt then.
I've forgotten
but my body won't.

The two are happy
the way a child's happy
when the air she breathes
is pure love.
Their longing gaze
that tethers souls together
no matter the distance
in time or space.
My heart stops a moment,
because that was us.
I've forgotten,
but my soul won't.

I've forgiven you
and you, me.
The gentile touch,
your loving understanding eyes,
stir up everything within me
before I awake.
I've forgotten,
but my dreams won't.

When the door was open
and people walking by could step inside
to find what's left,
they would never let it lie.
They took it if it wasn't broken.

But when the door was shut and locked
they simply passed it by.
They'd cast a glance,
but never bat an eye,
and no one ever knocked.