Hollow sounds

running away

from the back

of my heart.


I can't

chase them.

I can't

go back.

no matter

how much

I wish

that I could.


I'm blinded

sometimes

by the things

that I have done.

choices that

I have made.


In our love

I opened

up the

box of ******* jacks.

and the prize

was missing.


I was so

much less

to you.

than you

deserved

..
lost  myself  after ten

years or so in

our relationship.


and I never

found

you

again.


We died

in my shallow faith

and we

never

even

noticed.


They say

that I am

not that

person

anymore.


and my marriage

now of 24 years

was always

meant to be

the love of

my life.


and I

am just

writing

this

because I

thought

that you

might like

to know.


with no

regrets...


I finally

found

my prize.