Love Poem: Remains...
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Written by: Jo Hayton

Remains...

The sun blazed through my window 
This morning
At about a quarter to seven

I awoke from my memories
Of the night before
Somewhere between heaven and heaven

Sleepy eyed
I find our daughter
Still fast asleep and doing just fine

I take this chance
To venture into the living room
Where I find your glass nestled next to mine

It has been idling over night
Wondering 
What it should do

But like our lives
It waits patiently for the next time
So is the love between me and you

Reminders of you
Lay scattered
Trying to hold on to everything gone past

I echoe their feelings
And delay tidying up
Wanting everything to last

I want them to stay there
I want your presence to busy itself
In our lives for as long as time will buy

I wonder if it is just me
And my inability
To wave last night goodbye

So I rest amongst them
With my fresh morning coffee
Bringing my sleepy eyes to a careful view

Looking around and at myself
There isn't apart of me
That's not there with you...