Erased
I have been
successfully excised
from your life
as though
a worrisome tooth
or troublesome tumor
This minor problem
cut away
nothing remains
Are there not ghosts
of me, somewhere
in the rooms of your mind
rattling 'round those places
created of you and I?
Are there not memories
which are so bittersweet
that might make you wonder
what happened to you and me?
I have been removed
from your hard drive
data no longer useful
bits & bytes of nothing
that meant anything to you
erased fully
naught remains...
k.e.cline, 10/30/99
for n.e.l. - he left so completely...