The love we once shared is now fading away.
I’ve wandered about; I don’t know where I’ve been.
I’m searching for something I know I won’t find.
These arms that once held you are empty again.
The streets are all crowded, and yet I’m alone.
Those memories of loving you ache in my mind.
I know that tomorrow will still be the same.
These eyes that beheld you might just well be blind.
I sleep only briefly; I wake in a sweat,
Those moments of wakefulness tortured by shame.
I’ve started to call, but don’t know what to say.
These lips that once kissed you just whisper your name.
The day starts anew, but I still feel the pain.
Perhaps it will ease some; I hope that it may.
I want to still love you, but truly I fear,
The love we once shared is now fading away.
April 17, 1989
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