Replacement

September 19, 2005


I wonder if she would fit
In the spot where I once laid
I wonder if she would fit
In the broken pieces you have made
Cut
Stitch
Draw
Trace the lines around my eyes
Slowly
Snip, Snip, Snip
Make sure to outline the heart just right
Trace
Sketch
Redesign
Is it that easy to replace?
If I line her and I side by side
Will one just surely fade?
Tape
Glue
Fasten
Almost perfectly she hides my fingertips
As her silhouette blends across the page
Smooth down
Cover with glass
Hang with two, not one upon the wall
Step back 3 not 2 years
Look forward with even tilt and calm
Perfect
Perfectly imperfect
She stands where I once was
Kiss
Hug
Breed
She makes a perfect body double
As my body trembles to the ground
Shaking
Crying
Breakdown
My head in my hands on my knees on the floor
Sobbing and wailing just wishing for more
More pain and more emptiness
To sooth my weary soul
Snap
Enlarge
Presto
Just like that 2 not 1 becomes 3
Three lives, three heartbreaks, three new stories
Memories that will live forever
In the photograph
Of my broken world
Where you left me
Invisible