Treasured Possession

Artist: littlestmonkey
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Treasured Possession

Deep, in a small, dark corner
Of my heart, You lived.
How did you survive down there,
Starved for oxygen and light?

I didn’t know you lingered still.
Had no idea an ember yet remained.
Couldn’t perceive a whisper of breath
Had managed to exist…
All those years.

Even tho’ you were dead to me,
Every now and then
I would look at you and wonder….
Examining the evidence of your passing,
Wistfully remembering
The way it was between the two of us.

I recalled the way you looked at me,
Your voice, your touch, your smell,
Your jet black hair, and eyes of blue.
But then again, into the dark recesses
Of my mind and heart, I’d shut the door,
Once more on you.

The pain was so immense, I ceased to feel.
I could not utter your name out loud,
Dare not allow it to escape my lips,
Let alone whisper it into the breeze,
Lest my heart remember,
And start to grieve, once more.

Sometimes my mind played little tricks.
I wondered if I had you conjured up.
Had you ever existed at all,
Or were you just a figment
Of my imagination?

Then I remembered your kisses
Your arm around me as you walked me home
The powder blue of your tender eyes
And how your face lit up
When you saw me, and you smiled.
And I’d wonder how you were,
And what were you doing now?
But then I’d put you all away,
Deep down in that box, somehow.

Still, the evidence did not lie,
The one small thing that said you had been mine -
A treasured possession
With which I could not part,
The only thing that I had kept
For it was proof, that you had been,
And I loved it, with my heart.

A piece of Ermine, black and white,
Was what you gave to me,
And I have treasured it all my life,
For all eternity…

The years they came
And time rolled by
While deep in my heart
You continued to lie
Barely a breath to keep you alive
And yet my love, you did survive.

Now I know this story is perfectly true
Because I have once again found you
Your name once more I can say with pride
No more my love, do I have to hide
My heart rejoices and is filled with glee
Because I love you, and you love me.

(Awwwwwww) ........the end.