The Fading Memory

It has been a long time

Sands of time has covered many things

When I close my eyes

Your picture doesn’t come to my mind

So easily

The face I knew every inch of

Doesn’t come in my dreams very often

The sound of your laugh

Which always made me smile

I can’t remember the melody of it anymore

Your voice

Which I always thought was intoxicating

Like a rich whiskey

I can’t remember the lilt of it anymore

There were days I thought

Without your touch

I would wilt and wither away

Once upon a time

I couldn’t function without hearing your voice

There were promises and pledges

Of undying love and friendship

But now

So much time has passed

You have become a memory

And the memory is fading gradually

But on some rare evenings…

I sit by myself and watch the sunset

Still fighting the feeling of hollowness

and try to shrug off

the aching in my heart

still yearning for you

 

© Vindhya Colombage

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