her smile
faded
as time ticked away
she remembering
a lustful love
her heart always
aching for more
she remembering
carefree days
building
sand castles
watching the sea sweep
them away
she remembering
promises
that were never to be broken

her heart
couldn’t see past
the golden fields

the yearning for home
meant a long road
preferred not taken

sorrow
is not something easily shed
it lingers
in the crevasses and cavities
of the cerebellum

almost forgotten
till the sky spit
it’s warm droplets