All that Remains

 If you pulled back the black velvet

draped heavily over my heart,

you'd find nothing but emptiness

surrounded by bone. 

If you dove into the darkest depths

of my mind's sea of memories,

there wouldn't be anything to see - 

just you all alone.

If you look close enough,

there's nothing here - 

just the shadow of what was

before life got in the way.

When There's No You

I believed, hoped even, 

that soon you'd get better, 

leave the sterile walls

of hospital rooms

behind. 

You did, 

but you left me, too.

It was morning

on a Monday

when the prepositions

I used in front of "you"

changed

from "with" to "without".

Who knew adding 3 letters

would ruin so much?

Who am I now

without you?

I still don't know

fourteen years later.