"please don't leave me..."

remember me by old
oil paintings chipping
and cracking slowly the
lines a little bleary but her
smile just as sly

remember me by stormy
nights suffused with the billowy
scent of heavy rain kissing the
soft earth as children hide
under duvet covers

remember me by glitter
spangled shoes that twirl
in abandoned ball
rooms dancing to a distant
memory of a melody

remember me by console
pianos the F sharp slightly
hoarse with fingerprints of
ancient lovers dispelled over
rusting keys

"...it's only this lifetime my love"