today i placed you

in my box of death -

closed the lid -

allowed your darkness,

absence - from my light...



bundled up,

with ribbons of regret,

i laid your sorrow by the door -

safe outside the fortress of my heart.



silent -

contained inside my chamber of refrain -

i watched the raindrops attach themselves to windows - closed,

clinging with cold deliberation to the glass...



today i placed your memory

where the shadows grow -

waited without sound -

allowed the silence audience in the arena of despair.



today -

i lingered for a moment more

upon the shore of your demise.

said my farewells -

loosened chains of regret,

and in that instant of your escape,

this captive heart,

realized,

for the first time,

how it felt to be finally set free...