true north

by Beth - Scorpio

I am nothing more 
than the name you gave me 
when you came to me 
with your eyes 
so grey, so full 
full of me 
how quickly I surrendered..... 

Surely you can see 
that even as I 
walk away 
I pull you with me like 
a comet tail 

<i>but this isn't about you 
not this time </i>

you swept away the crumbs and 
I am left wandering 
by the banks of the Lethe 
trying hard to remember 
the face 
reflected in the water 

strip me of my names 
their dislocated alphabet 
will lead me back to you 
the way I used to be....

Birth sign: Scorpio
Date created: 2008-05-26 06:54:59
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:47:09
Poem ID: 71810

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