Reach back
Smell the ancient cigarette smoke
On pages soaked
With the sweat of lost love

Cramped hand
Suppress bile rising like waves
Do not read
Better off to forget

Faded heart
Etched on the empty shell of memory
Forever burned
By your stolen embrace

Golden as sunrise
We reached past what we knew
Become beyond

Don't wait for me,
I've fallen and can't keep up
No longer free.

When dawn comes,
Know that I loved you best
Heart breaks in time.