your short goodbye

So there it was
a short goodbye
Now I find a memory
playing through my eye

I recall the colors of the sounds
the tastes of what I saw
and the smells
of all the emotions felt

There's a sadness to my smile
a sweetness to my tears
I wish joy would stay awhile
though there's a lightness to my fears

I reach out to touch, to feel
But there's nothing there
The sounds and sights of now
disperse any memory I longed to hold

© copyright by Michèle Aimée Lahaie, 2010