You Said Goodbye Poem by Ashley Akari

I remember,
Like yesterday,
The blinking city lights—
The yawning gulf in your eyes.

You said goodbye

And sealed my heart
In a glass jar—
A nice little trophy
For your mantelpiece.

You said goodbye
And I let you go….

Away, away.

You said you would return—
But you never did.

And you left me
For the great, wide world,
Stronger arms
And a bolder heart.

You said goodbye
And walked away….

But still your shadow
Dances on my paths
And overshadows
The sun.

Still you walk
In my black, black dreams
Leaving footprints
On my poor, white life;
In the vast sands
Of this lonely desert.

In the awful darkness,
You shine;
Like an eternal candle,
Like the blazing city lights.

Maybe someday
You will return.
Maybe someday
You will love
The soul trapped
In this shell….

Yes,
One day you will
Come back to me.

And I will wait for you.