A Lonely Visitor

each breath
each word
a piece

of your
broken
heart

a
lonely
visitor

A Lover
A Friend
A Father
A Son

shadows
of your
soul

left behind
in your haste.

You will not
be returning

so I shall carry
these lonely
visitors

in the
altar of
my heart

I shall carry
these wandering
ghosts

dark-hearted
and despairing

precious and
close
I shall carry them