IMAGES
I sit razed by the image
An image of a friend
Long gone away.
Among the hands of reality
Leaving me with but an
Image�
An image of a history
An image of a past.
The image�
Of the promises
That lay unbroken
Along the shores of my lips.
As you calmly step into
My portraits�
Of my images�
I sit razed
Watching the waves,
Crash upon
The footprints�
That I hold onto forever
As I try to forget
You�
Your image�
Your friendship�
I sat razed
Knowing only the memory
Of unbroken promises
Except one�.
Except one�
You said you�d never leave
You said you�d always care
We�d be friends forever
We�re stuck with each other,
And you lied�
Never once�.
To me�
Until you did�
You did�.
And you forgot my image
As you ran away
To reality
And I stood watching
By the shoreline�
The image of your footprints
Washing away
To infinity
And I sat razed�
By my own image
When I told you
Not to go.
And you did�.
The one promise you
Couldn�t keep.
I am just an image
Gazing at an image
Of you,
Forgetting me:
An image
An image�
In the scrapbook
Of
unbroken promises�
EXCEPT THE ONE�.
YOU WOULDN�T KEEP
And the one�
I couldn�t allow myself to believe.
AUG. 99
Dedicated to all the friends who have lost a friend.