A haunting

...you still whisper
in my ear...

...you still linger
on my lips...

...you still breath
in my air
that I expel
with passion
and want
and love...

The full moon
laughs
at my lust
as I peer upwards
and wonder
if you see
what I see...

...did you ever
feel
what I feel?

spirits
of lost love
pace
my halls
as I brace
the door
desperate
to keep
you from
escaping
my grasp.

I block
what I cannot have
and deny
what is not mine
even as the waves
erode the shores
as the tides
change.

The nectar
that once filled
my veins
with a glee
akin
to sublime intoxication,

the scent
that once
infected
my senses,

the silken
alabaster flesh
that once
succumbed
to my touch,

the pleasure
that once
fulfilled
my dreams

now

breaks
what is left
of my heart.

The last ship
has left
this empty port
leaving nothing
but silence
and emptiness
to fill
my soul

while the winds
weep
for me.