the past

by Sheye Blaze

remembering from times long past
knowing that love was once so prominent
feeling so deeply when you let me see

seeing the depth that you remember
how do i deal with this deficit
the removal of that love and feeling

hearing you say that it's still there
wondering still if it's just a line
somehow believing that it's not

so hard to go beyond
pain from more than one lifetime
battles through my soul

so new in this time
yet so old in the larger scope
history beyond histories

i have lived through wars and famines
and i know that i shall live again
this pain is transient, corporeal

the lessons are important
things to be carried beyond time
yet, the love will never be forgotten

love often seems to be the greatest
lesson to be learned in these lives
how to love, how to leave, how to live