…to take me away

The woods of my heart
are both bright and dark
here the winds
bring both ice and fire
the sun rises
and the sun sets
and I think of all that is lost
and all that is forgotten

long ago
our hearts
would beat as one
but our time
has now passed
the woods overgrown
neglected
unrecoverable

but the memories
still haunt me
just ghosts of the past
in this empty place
I cannot escape
the echoes of us

I will the winds
to take me away
but they pass me by again
perhaps another day
©Ann Bagnall