A Second Death--A Poem
A Second Death

I can no longer hear your voice
Or remember how you said my name.
I can’t recall your touch
No matter how I rack my brain.

I find my memories fading.
Your face is slowly going away.
I keep reliving and reliving memories
In the hopes of getting them to stay.

They said that this day would come,
That the pain would eventually fade,
But no one had ever warned me
That my memories would go with the ache.

So now’s your second death
And it’s the more painful one.
For what do I have left
If all the memories are gone?