By dragonfleyes
Date: 2002 Jan 24
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[[2002.01.24.15.47.4934]]

faded

it's not that i dream of you
or lie awake at night wondering where you are
nor do i see your face on every man
who passes me by

but i smell you in the wind
i hear your voice in passing words
and it touches memory

my life is going on
and you are fading a bit more each month
i continue to remember pieces of me
someone who existed independantly

as we all must sometimes

sometimes the phone lies heavy when i think
of what you are doing, dead weight in my hand
but i know i can't call you
because to do that would open something that
doesn't need to be reopened.

and that is how you have faded, with a quiet strength