Do you ever think of me?
On moonlit nights
with jasmine thick in the air ;
can you feel my heartache?
Do you ever hear my whisper?
During candlelit dinners
love songs playing in the background;
can you feel my sorrow?
Do you ever catch my scent?
Under starlit skies
diamonds glitter in the night and hand
can you feel my despair?
Shards of time
slivers of silence
dreams that turned to dark ashes.
I was on my knees,
begging for one more chance
only to be cast aside with casual disregard.
Do you ever…….
©Jay-lyn Doerksen.
September 27/17