By Kindred_Spirit49
Date: 2002 Oct 13
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Indelible Ink

my hand,
touching that empty spot
on your side of the bed
told me..
that you were gone

I opened my eyes to look in the mirror
and your name
was still written...
in indelible ink across my forehead

but your "I love you"
lay there on the floor
where you dropped it

and your place in our bed
was still warm
....here....
next to me

as I crawled across your memory
to my side of the bed
then stood in that empty spot
where your clothes should be

dropped in a pile on the floor
as you always have done

.....I called your name
to the dark of the night
with my words
echoing down the long empty hall
         ......but you were gone
leaving your thoughts of me
stacked on that old wooden chair
next to the door
with the memories..
     .....and a note
that spoke quite bluntly..

"goodbye"