The rocking chair,

The childhood swing,

The first kiss,

The velvety garden walk.

Fresh and forgotten,

Two walks of life.

A survivor and a dreamer.

A bed of lies,

A true crime: Leaving and

Not looking back, except

For a leaf

Of emotional notes.

Snow and the sun

Depart and melt.

Two footprints

And a song

To go on.

Traces and survival,

Knowing and gone.

Fragments of longing

And trails of belonging.

A one act play,

A final closing of a curtain.