lost –

somewhere between used-to-be,

and now.

stumbling over words – unsaid…

where did it go,

the want to –

the have-to-have –

the so much more than just enough?

unrecognized – now.

frayed-edged photos fading into forgotten snapshots of was.

echo’s of laughter,

diminished by the somber cadence of time…

and from eyes once flowing waterfalls of light,

not one single tear.

listen –

hear the loneliness in the pause –

between the life of my hello –

and the death by implication,

in the absence of your goodbye.