Shadows

I thought for a second I saw a form standing there
like before,
for a quick minute and then it was
gone,
leaning against the darkness
waiting for someone,
maybe no one
lingering whispers just out of reach
smoldering ashes fall to the ground
one by one,
and in an instant
nothing there.
like the song I used to know
and hold so close
so many years ago,
fragmented flashbacks tease this soul
meandering around the far recesses of my tortured mind
searching for answers, needing to find
the way back,
to the beginning of this reverie
the way it was meant to be,
laughter and sly smiles
when you needed me
like I needed you.
at the end of each alluring day
you filled my world
and now
I sit alone with thoughts to myself
silence echoes in this lonely house...