Untitled Word of the Day Poem #30

Finally took the rings off

unshackled my heart

unbound my soul

I finally am letting you go.

I have waited…..

waited

waited 

waited

for you to return to me

only to realize

I hid my eyes with blindness

preferring to look

upon times of the past

with more fondness

than I do when I look to the future.

It was hard

the day they came to the house

platitudes mouthed

yet…..

only I was the one crying.

I sit upon the bed we once shared

no longer do the sheets

or your pillows

smell like you.

The tee shirt I wear

shorts I pull on

a tribute to my love for you.

I am sorry my darling

it is so hard to let go

to let you rest in peace.

I kneel before your tombstone

sorrow

tears settling into the earth

as I whisper…..

‘I have delayed this too long

good bye my love.

Memories

I will hold tight 

your ghost

I must lay to rest.

Never forget…..

Always and forever

I will love you.’

©April 24/19

Picture via Pinterest and found by The Eclectic Contrarian for me.