By Maggie Mink
Date: 26 March 1998

THERE WAS A TIME . . .

There was a time when I knew I was:
his "darling" . . .
his "love" . . .
his "dearest" . . .

Now I have faded, and am:
an "aggravation" . . .
a "void" . . .
a "memory" . . .

Until he sees many others, and learns:
what he had . . .
what he needed . . .
what he has forever lost.