Shallow fleeting warmth
Instills within my tiresome bones
Gone are the days
Of unwavering delight
Overlooked and forgotten
And taken in desperate flight

I fervently try
With powerful resolve
To let memories decline
Spoil and dissolve

The demise of radiance
Is sharp, vicious and swift
Dragging me toward the open void
Of hostile reminiscing
A fate I’ve longed to avoid