In Remembrance of a Muse
We woke up intertwined, and I lost me when you were mine
Early morning waking slow Intertwined so thoroughly With arms and legs and beating hearts I did not want to let you go
Your kind eyes, your stretching smile Drew me in and made me dream Or was it the way you were listening That made me want to stay a while
Unwilling muse, my ghostly vision You would leave and break my heart I’d have let you go to love another But the silence wasn’t my decision
Still, it should comfort you to know That other loves have come since then And left my heart broken further Years after I have let you go
You were my first muse and my last I am my own inspiration I draw my power from myself now And make you a footnote in my past
Early morning waking slow I remember being intertwined When I could not separate yours or mine Before you left and I let go
But, once, we woke up intertwined Once, you reached in the night for me Once, your smile was for me alone But I lost me when you were mine
I let the memory dissolve once more Muses aren’t welcome here anymore.
© Crystal Jackson 2021






