When

When
Tomorrow comes,
I will have no words for you
No tears for you, just fading memory

This,
you said, is how to
forget the things that try to
chew away your heart till it is dust

I’m
not strong enough,
not bold enough to make a
wish but healthy enough to cry aloud

I
remember, vividly
the last grip, the last words
the first note my voice struck as you slipped.

LARDO