Headin' Downtown and Away

Even if an angel were to roll away
the stone that sealed my heart,
he won't find you in it
any longer.

I did clean up the wound
and washed away the pain
the best I could
as far as my heart allowed.

I hid you under layers
of linen-like distraction
perhaps this will keep me
from remembering.

You were overlaid with flowers
and orchids,
to help me forget your scent
all the days that you will be gone.

I don't mind you
being in my heart a long time.
But, it must have been too long
for you're no longer there.

- Disappearance, by Joel Josol