I see pieces of you
I see them float
I smell them as strangers pass
They blanket everything
I look in mirrors
I see you
It torments me repeatedly
I want freedom
I want peace
I want selfishness
I want no more tears
I want no more pain
I want no more hate
I live in bitterness
I live a half-life
I see you everywhere
I throw glasses at nothing
They shatter against walls
I watch as the pieces cry in pain
I see tears rundown each shard
I know you aren't there
I know you left long ago
I still feel the stabs of each tear you lost
They rain down on me
Mom do you remember the rain
We would hop from puddles dancing
You would always sing
We would fall onto wet earth
We would look above as tears rained down
Rain is always alive as it falls
It washes wounded souls
It cries our pain
It renews the thirsty
It ushers in the calm
It always brings you back
If only for a blink
