within the teardrops falling from the sky
I float on the dense grey cloudburst
as a token of my devotion
I am broken in the puzzle of your love
I peel off the pieces of my soul one by one
trying desperately to erase the weight of 
my I love you's, my where are you going
my I miss you, my please come back
that drip like my blood from an IV giving life
I am the god of solitude left
in the wake of your distance 
“ne me quitte pas”
         we need to forget the withering roses
         those unseen pearls of rain
         the babble I used to invent
         for everything thats flees from us now
         will fade away into the mist of our minds
         to forget the years that united us 
         those days we never untangled our knotted words
         forget the hours that were lost...forever lost...
         in a jungle of make believe memories
“ne me quitte pas”

one day the rain will cease its torment
and we will again wander the labyrinth of your love
the beacon of your shining face was my kingdom
and, as the sun falls lower and lower, rouging the horizon
we are stuck in a timid embrace at a dead-end turning
         let me become the shadow of your shadow
         the where-are-you echo of your voice
         the retracted hand that touched my heart
         let me stay on the outskirts of your life
         the shadow of your most faithful friend
waiting , next to the window like I have done for so long
curled up tight in your tattered armchair
remembering... forgetting... 
and maybe before I fall asleep...maybe...
I'll whisper one last time "ne me quitte pas"


"don't go away"
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