Time doesn't heal all wounds

A sadness within lingers
in my heart
in my soul
in my center of being
deep inside
Sometimes it seeps out
in ugly
poisonous
black
to remind me
of a time when I had a hope
a desire
a wish

Memories of an achingly short time
when a light inside flickered
cautiously
delicately
dreamily

But the music stopped.

Two - not one
quiet
still
frozen in time

The light snuffed out.

I am shattered
empty
lost
Tears flow
and my heart aches
when I recall the moment
when life became death
and dreams became the sadness
that lingers
inside