My life forgets not the feel of you there;
Aches in your absence.
I miss your smile, your laugh;
The indelible stain you leave
On everything you touch;
The way you saw through me,
Saw the mess I am and loved still;
The faith in my foolish fears,
In thirst unquenched;
Life forgets not the woman I am
Because of you;
It cannot erase the brave in me,
Cannot neglect what love has sown,
And what loss does bleed
©2017 – V. A. Coote
For B.E.C.