return without warning
        a picture
        a song
        a saying
transports me
to a room...
        empty
                abandoned

it was not always this way

truth chips off the wall
memories streak the glass window

dust bunnies have gathered in deceit
while cobwebs mark words unsaid

stains cover the frayed carpet
outlining a love that has dried up

he is hooked to the hinges
of trust gone bad and forsaken dreams

floor littered with our ending
and neglected pieces of the past

once a roof of sunshine
a summer filled with simplicity

        now crumbling pieces of plaster
        a winter filled with frozen winds

once an open window
looking into the future

        now locked bars
        staring at a blank landscape

empty
        abandoned