Every memory, at the centre or the side
You; smiling, daring, laughing, playing, having fun,
How did we miss it, the demons at your heels, those three winter spells
You; crying, hiding, lying, smoking, hurting, daring, with that gun
You called it quits, had your say
Me; crying, hurting, missing, smoking, drinking, at once undone
Cut me deep, numbed me like the bleached winter grass that fateful day

2 decades on, time has soothed the pain,
Photos faded yellow pale, though the scars remain
Made my choice today: I’ll let you go, rest in peace…
I’m OK, I’m OK!

© Tiaan Dreyer