Who are you?
Surely you aren’t the same
Person I gave my heart to
Only one small year ago.
Nothing recognizable
In your face
Full of hate and rage.
It can’t possible be the one
That gazed at me
With devotion and love.
What happened to us?
Even as I look in the mirror
I see I am also not the same
The stars are no longer
In my eyes.
The dreaminess is gone from my smile.
Instead I see a girl
Pale and tired
Life and love drained from her.
How could this happen?
The love was there
It did not go away
When you did.
Instead it buried itself
Deep inside
Waiting
Praying even now as I do
That someday I can find you again.

A. Beckman 2000