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Your words
Are merely
A residue
Reminiscent of something
Said once before
But devoid of
Any real substance
All you are to me now
Is a scent
That lingers
Like the tips of your fingers
Used to
On my body.
The body
You first loved.
You were my first love
As was I for you
Our love grew
Like the hydrangeas
You gave me
And then died
Also like the hydrangeas
Yet, soulmates we
Remained.
But “soulmate”
Indicates
That two people
Are involved
And that is no longer
The case.
Donne may have said
That “no man is an island”
But I sure felt like one
When you began
To pull away.
Surrounded by the sea
Teeming with its uncertainties,
I gave up trying
To swim after you.
So an island I remain
Unclaimed
And I will float
Until I can float
No more.