THE LINGERING

THE LINGERING

the sadness
of never knowing you
the real you

always looking
from the outside
seeing the people
you are close to

and this
I show you now
is that image of you
I hold onto, keep
in my heart

Oh if
      I could just relive
that captured moment

feel once more
        feel once more

those small, exquisite, endearing joys
that deep, sublime, long-
lasting,
     lingering pain