…into the vanishing past

The past seduces me, waiting patiently
in the dark corners of the night
calling me back to your arms, I endlessly wander
in undulating drifts of memories
lost and lonely, somewhere between our shadows
and the starlight of unfinished dreams
the aching echoes of us still linger
and over and over I find you again
in your haunting shades of pleasure and pain
and where tides of memories ebb and flow
their whispers soft as the sand speaks to the sea
but with each slapping wave they slowly retreat
into sleepless waiting, for you always fade away
and again I am falling into the deep pool of silence and reflection
drifting alone and breathlessly still, I am lost again
in the depths of my broken heart
a thousand choices in the past, have finally led me to here
alone at dawn and day after day after endless days
you get further away
quietly fading into the vanishing past
© Ann Bagnall