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Forgetting Another's Warmth

Unexpected pain
Sweeps in like an icy breath
On the harshest winter
Night

It rushes through the rooms of the body
A thief racing with indifference
Expelling all heat
Extinguishing the soul’s fire

The true agony comes in its aftermath
When memories resurface
In every corner
Through every door
The constant ghost of what was lost

Imprisoned by thoughts
The grains of time
Bleed as if seconds were hours
Bottling the ache
Locking the darkness

Familiar voices
Whisper love’s ancient adage:
The heart will heal
All things pass

But when?
But how do you let go?
How do you forget another’s warmth?

(Forgetting Another's Warmth (C) 2010 by Vincent Lowry)