Abandoned

I'd be a watercolour in the rain.

Every memory would run and mar
And tears would wash away
The image of you.

I’d gaze at red maples
The colour of your hair;

The rain’s steady tread at night
Would remind me of your breath
And I’d run to you

But you wouldn’t be there.

Don’t leave me, even for a minute,
I’d be devastated
Dwelling in this desolate house
With creaking floors
And the furnace turning on and off

When I close my eyes
Yours open, staring into my soul…

Eyes so dark, so fathomless
I fall in and can’t get out

Don’t leave me reliving pain I've felt—
The autumn rains are useless
And cause me enough grief
I don’t want to lose you
In these dark days
Without hope

Don’t leave me abandoned to myself.