I can't read minds like the devilish monks
My membership has expired
And they don't renew this year
But the experts at the NSA all agree
That emotional ciphers are impossible to crack
Even with rooms of supercomputers
Yet I still tried with nothing more
Than paper and pen
Flowers and home cooked meals

My eyes still remember your image
But it's rapidly fading
Washed away by an ocean of salt water tears
My lips can still feel your last kiss
Given grudgingly
In the early morning dark of an A-Plus parking lot
And I wonder
How long before that too fades?
I'm sure it will be gone long before this hole in my heart
Heals and scars over
Long before the last echoes of your mumbled apology
Passes from my ears

If I could, I'd wipe away the last four years
Like words from a chalkboard
Leaving behind only the dusty remains
Of dreams that once loomed large
But I can't, and so
I'll bear the scars of battles fought
And love lost
In time, these too will fade
Just as your image from my eyes
Your kiss from my lips
Your voice from my ears
You, from my heart.