Poems, Volume 1

Vanished

I remember the breeze,

the sun, the clouds-

as if it all happened this morning.

I remember the peace I felt;

I was happy to drown in it.

I didn't know why mom

didn't like you anymore,

or why the women in my family

watched you like eagles

from a bench, ten yards away.

I didn't pay it any mind.

My mind was filled with happiness

and my heart was filled with love.

I thought you'd felt the same

But Mom said that

you don't know what love is.

I don't remember your face.

I tried to look up at you

but your head blocked the sun,

and your face was shadowed

like the moon's during a lunar eclipse.

Perhaps it was meant to be that way,

as one day, my entire memory of you

would be nothing

but a shadow.