WRITING A FORGOTTEN MASTERPIECE

Years ago,
You were the best masterpiece
I have ever written.

I wrote
Everything about you,
Piece by piece;

The glow
In your beautiful eyes,
Was like the stars in the night;

The radiance
Of your bright smile,
Was like the morning sun;

The tenderness
Of your sweet caress,
Was like the cottony clouds in the sky.

I wrote
About each part
Of your wonderful being.

The wonders
Of your existence
Made me a poet;

An artist
Who loved to paint
His subject in words and rhythm.

But time
Drifted us apart,
Like fleeting clouds.

Suddenly gone,
Blown by the wind
Of your unknown emptiness.

You left
To seek fulfillment
That my heart & soul failed to give.

Since then,
I lost my only subject;
My only reason to write.

Since then,
I have forgotten who I was;
An artist, a poet.

I have forgotten
Since then, that the best masterpiece
I have written was YOU.