your smile -- it haunts.
all this time, never fading.
you startle me
with the intensity
of your presence
as if you were here
as if i never saw you leave.
a flicker of light
fades back to oblivion.
where are you?
your smile has faded.
still i long
for a glimmer of you.
a flash of your
innocence.
but you're not here.
so i wait
for the chance to see
if love holds true.
i wait for you
like i always do.