Once Dear

I cannot forget you

Standing in the crisp September air 

Moonlight shine curled in your hair.

The stars above could not compare 

To the shimmer in your eyes;

Azure, deeper than truest skies.

Your laughter still echoes in the dark

Next to where my car was parked

When headlights first lit our kiss;

Lips now parched and loveless.

Now tastes of bitterness, forgiven 

Not forgotten; a lingering cloud. On the horizon, 

A dark smear of ink-soaked cotton

Blotting memories once dear.

Wished for more than to expect

Accepted less lest I forget

The deceit your serpent heart begat,

I have not forgotten...

Yet, I have no regrets to say,

I loved you once, 

But not today.

I loved you once...