The Ghost of You

Why are you still here

Why are you still here
(The ghost of you, that is)

Why are you still here
Between my ears as I run up a hill
Coming and going at will.

Why are you still here
Hanging by the thread
In the space on my bed
In the voice in my head

Why are you still here
there too, everywhere I turn.
Why does a stranger have your smile
and another your intense honest eyes
Why does a kindness make my heart burn

Why are you still here
In these boxes, in safe keeping
Why am I holding on to these
Is it in wait? what is left to return to
1343 Pictures, 112 Videos and 100 letters
Will you return to these?

Why are you still here
You are here because I kept you
And yet,(Your tautology)
These are only data,
Evidence of Love Lost
These are just memories
Memories of a future that would never be.

-Anna