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Forever Gone
I gently tread upon this place knowing you’re not really here as my tears they fall upon the soil, then quickly disappear.
I stare down at your place of rest, reading aloud words etched in stone, for the gesture makes me feel as though I’m not standing here alone.
Memories surround me here: the crowd, the wind, the sky - - all the details of that mournful day when so final felt goodbye.
I believed I was a victim then
of a cruel and heartless theft, but I’ve a different mindset now from the person that you left.
They told me time would ease the pain like ripples vanish in a pond,
but time is not a wishing well
or an enchanted magic wand.
For a while there was no escape;
life and pain were interlaced.
No matter how much a farewell may fade, it can never be erased.
But no one is forever gone,
as long as memories keep repeating like an imaginary heartbeat that never stops its beating.
Dash Inspirations by Linda Ellis www.LindaEllis.life
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