Only For Her

Each October I remember her death,
And she graces my memory once more.
I have forgotten so many people;
I have forgotten so many faces;
And yet somehow I still remember her.
There’s a place in my heart reserved for her--
Only for her--no one else can claim it.

And there is a calendar in my mind,
Counting all the days until October
When she visits that place within my heart,
That small piece that exists only for her--
Only for her--no one else can claim it.

And as she waltzes through my mind once more,
For that one brief moment, she is alive!
I see her as she was and she sees me...
There is no time passed; no separation.
But then it all comes flooding back to me
And I again experience the pain--
Only for her--no one else can claim it.

I can’t believe that it has been ten years...
In that time the only thing that has changed
Over the course of the years since her death,
Is that now, when her memory haunts me,
My lips, however weakly, form a smile
Long before a tear can leak from my eyes--
Only for her--no one else can claim it.

Reviews

[Emily B]

this is so hauntingly beautiful

[Riley Mistwood]

beautiful poem