Hope Springs

Quietness.  Peacefulness.  Burnt ashes.  The house taken to the ground.  I came back to say goodbye.  Touched your skin, you've been painted over.  As though we never met.  In my mind, I see only what you were to me.  Pink walls, pink curtains.  You were the heart, if the heart makes the home.  All I can do is cry for the both of us, all the love and hopes and dreams.  Every inch of you, I say good bye and hold you one last time.  Ask for your forgiveness.  Walking away, letting things go.  Hoping for the best, taking a gamble.  Hope springs from ashes.