I loved you so long ago
when my heart was filled
with hope and trust
and had no scars.
Back when tenderness
was all I knew of love.

Even now what is left
undamaged of my heart
still loves you.

You walks softly in the
shambled ruins of my heart
on dark lonely nights.
like a familiar ghost
full of memories
and lingering in
the living world.
Wailing in echoes.

I try to let others
into my heart.
but your jealous
ghost haunts the
night hours
and they
cannot stay.

Alone and lonely
I know you
do not want me
but will not let anyone
else have me.