The Distant Memory

Once I knew how to smile;
Troubles no nearer than a mile.
'Tis heart once felt the light
And she was such a sight.


Yes, she was once so real.
Fate, with her arms, love she did steal.
Now I am in the dark
My only memory--a painful mark.


I lay six feet under ground
Still, she stalks me like a bloodhound.
But who is this woman--
Digs deep to my core of a man?


Deep, deep inside my mind,
I feel her lurk from behind
A wisp from my psyche
Was once mine, but has now broken free


Haunt me not anymore
Now, thou art not my paramour
Now an old surreal myth
Once told from between yellow teeth.