I forgot to breathe today
when I found your hair
red and shiny,
staring back at me

all coiled and coy
laying there lifeless
in the corner of my closet

I thought seriously
about returning it
but I knew you wouldn't miss it
just another thing to lose
another piece of you gone
I'm sure you didn't notice

So I placed it on my pillow,
laid my head down and gazed
at its beauty and knew
that it looked at home in my home
and good in my graces

I slept beside it for hours
and when I awoke
it didn't greet me good morning
it was gone,
but it was probably never there at all