stars at dawn

songs of you flutter throughout
my mind, reminding me of us together. they
bring me back to the memory
of the hope i once had, but
when the music ends, so do
i.

your image burns in my
heart and screams in my mind.the
brief moments we were together feel more
real when remembered than all the
time that we've been apart.

to feel the touch of you again, to
smell your brown hair, embrace in you, and
melt at your smile, now,
are all fleeting hopes, disappearing, like
stars at dawn.

goodbye, my almost love,
goodbye,
mark.