The night sky is empty tonight
There's not a star to remember you by
and the clouds threaten to burst
before my tears recall the last time I saw you

The wind won't stop taking me back
to the morning fights and our evening talks
and I never needed a jacket before
to walk to the bench in the park
with our names on it

These are not the nights I remember;
there were always the stars and your laugh
your stories and my apologies

The warmth of your hand around mine
is replaced by the chill of the approaching winter
and I'm only now realizing
that our love only lasted a season

Thoughts of you
I cannot consign to words
The day we met,
The nights I want to forget
You were the fire that
Turned me into ash
I was a dream
That never came true
And as I watched you slip away
Before my eyes
Far, far away from my reach
That I realized,
I couldn’t keep something that
Wasn’t meant for me
But in my heart
I prayed for you to stay
And on a rainy day,
We did finally fade away

a.z