Poem: Acceptance

[theapoundpoetry]

You carved so many words into my heart,
Both sacred and profane,
Then you left only indelible scars,
To haunt the dark depths of my brain;
Ever present in the corners,
Lurking in my periphery,
I guess you really did mean forever,
Your shade never abandoned me.

Lingering like the kiss of winter,
Your memory brings me chills,
And I push it away all to no avail,
Gods, how the emptiness kills;
You cored me like an apple,
When you turned to leave,
Now, fighting to see through the tears,
There's nothing for me but to grieve.

All the bitterness I'm bleeding out,
Doesn't fill up the hole within,
And I feel like I'm fading fast,
Without the light you used to bring;
Every fire burns out in the end,
Even stars finally become novas,
Someday, somehow, I'll lay it to rest,
And be able to accept things are over.
- Thea "Hughes" Pound