Seven Years

 

Seven years is a long time
to remember
something I'd do better to forget,
but memories still linger
as I look back in wonder
at that long ago meeting
of our lives.

Seven years is a long time
to continue
living with a memory of you,
and I still do,
and it is not over
until I've exorcised the ghost
that haunts my sleep.

Your face still lurks
in the shadow of my thoughts,
and your name
still echoes in the void
where once you lived in my heart.