How To Forget? Poem by Larisa Rzhepishevska

How to forget that smell?
How to forget your tender kisses?
Now I want to yell.
Your love my heart misses.

Cruel time didn’t save us, didn’t save.
Gentle breeze blew away our feelings,
Ghost of love came from the grave,
No mercy on me, no healings.

Our years together flowed and flew,
It seemed they would never end.
None of us knew
The ghost of death will amend.

Your hot breath burned my lips,
Your sweet words burned my heart,
Our life was the love trips,
We didn’t want to be apart.

We’ve met on a crossroad,
Two destinies merged into one.
The whole world glowed,
We gave birth to the son.

The ghost of original sin appeared,
Fatal errors can’t be avoided.
We were both feared
To be deprived of our freedom.

Someone’s head is on someone’s shoulder,
But only cold is now on my cheeks.
I haven’t become bolder, but…getting older
I know what a soul seeks.

And still: A black ghost of guilt is behind my back.
My love was true, but something had a lack.
It was the black ghost of fault.
That one I couldn’t halt.

©Larisa Rzhepishevska
The 3rd of July,2011
Odessa, Ukraine