I Searched Everywhere

I Searched Everywhere

Not one whisper from the wind

Ever named her

No gentle pastels of the mind

Painted a picture of her ever being

No mournful dirge lamented

Or sang wistfully of her passing

Darkness all consuming

Every memory of her

I couldn’t forget

But I couldn’t remember

I put her memories somewhere

But they wouldn’t return

At least not the way I wanted

Ignoring every desperate command

The summoned senses sent back

A barren blank that ached for love

Mementoed objects empty of meaning

Nothing brought her back…

A whiff of perfume

A sniff of fragrances forgotten

And once more she was with me

Oh! How I wish she was here.