I’ll always live in the place you visited.
In my mind there is a corner I keep dimly lit:
And there you sit.

Every day it is a bit harder to find you.
But I still wander over and play our game of hide & seek:
One day I’ll hide you and not peek.

I think you slither out when I’m not attentive.
You sprinkle devil’s dust in every crevice of my brain:
I think of you and feel pain.

I keep my thoughts on a super-short leash.
How could it be you who once gave me so much pleasure?
Where do I put the few memories I still treasure?

It is confusing having you inhabit my world, still.
You broke me and dashed away in the middle of the night:
How is that alright?

You’re gone and never coming back.
I wake to the shallow remnants of castaway dreams:
So, you’re never going to leave me, it seems.