I unlocked the door for the first time today.
Walking in to where you had been…
My footsteps echo along the floor..
Who knew our years here would come
To an end?
Pack your things
Put all the pictures away
This is how I will get through this
Silence, I will have to get use to
Fills my ears like steady drums
Of a distant tribe I could never name
Look around has everything been found
And tucked away?
Sit down there must be something else
To be done
But I just sat there until night.
Walking to the room
There’s no one to say goodnight
But did someone answer
When I called?
I know I will be alright
Turn on the light
Go through the motions
Prepare for the night
Turn off the ligh….t
Touch wall to feel my fingers
Burn
Why did I measure how you grew?
Crawl to the door
Now that I am on the floor
Perhaps I will be able to breathe
After I leave
Safe in the car
I wonder how you are
Promise myself to burn this down
I will sleep anywhere but here.
R.L.R.
11/14/07
From one of my favorite movies
Memoirs of a Geisha:
"You cannot read loss..
only feel it."
