It Once Was Mine Poem by Paul Reed

So it has come to this,
You are being led away, away around the corner
Where I cannot see you
Where the light doesn't return your gleam
Where you will never be seen;
A parting of the ways
A sorry goodbye with heavy heart
Yes, it has come to this
We are now apart;
You once bore the weight of my writing
My collected thoughts safely stored,
My records that no-one will pore over
That no-one but me will miss;
But now where you stood an empty space
A nothingness of void, no trace
And though I call out to you
You are no longer here
Just a gap in the stratosphere,
Be gone, be gone now and quick!
For my eyes do not want to see
Where you used to be
And where you are going,
For the pain I feel, I wish we had never met
My dear departed filing cabinet.