Funny Thing...

I looked at your photos. You don't look beautiful anymore.

I recalled the times we had. They aren't golden anymore.

I looked for you in my heart. There was nothing there.

Just vague feelings I knew you once and how I cared.

I don't mention you in my prayers or think your name.

As if I've forgotten what we shared; like you never came.

I don’t see forever in your eyes.  There’s no forever after.

Your voice doesn’t make me smile.  Or words elicit laughter.

There was a time I held you close and kissed your tears away.

There was a time I’d sell my soul just to make you stay.

And then I looked into your eyes.  I saw you and only you.

There was no ‘me’.  There was no ‘us’.  That’s when I knew.

Funny thing.  You don’t look so beautiful to me anymore.

Your voice, your eyes, your smile; don’t allure me anymore.

Maybe you’ll come back and be that Promise.  I won’t hold my breath.

Maybe you’ll see me the way I once saw you.  But I won’t hold my breath.

Harlequin