Fingerprints

You hide behind a window
Or inside a photograph
Floating just beyond my reach
I see you smile and hear you laugh
Your fingerprints are on my mirror
I hear your tread upon the stair
Your shadow flickers on the wall
But when I turn you’re never there

A ghost, a memory, a shade
Is all that I have left of you
And letters in the bureau drawer
A vibrant sunset that you drew
The house is silent now you’ve gone
The shadows swallow up the light
The joy you brought has disappeared
My broken wings won’t take to flight

I’ve fallen by the wayside
You were the jewel inside my heart
But now the shine has left my eyes
I cannot smile while we’re apart
I loved you and I love you still
Your name’s engraved upon my soul
I’ll find a way to bring you back
If you’re not here I can’t be whole