Memory

Memory and I, we go a long way back 

I have tried to kill her many times 

Tried pushing her into a well 

From the edge of a cliff top 

But she was stubborn like a stain 

Refusing to leave my side 

She drained me, took away everything 

And so I decided to trick her 

We went on a journey by boat 

Into the ocean at night 

Side by side, frolicking 

Sharing a jolly time 

It's time for you to go, I tell her 

She looks at me in panic 

I can see the pleading in her eyes

I try to shrug it off 

I take out my matchbox and light a matchstick 

In the flickering flame I see her weeping 

Before having second thoughts 

I light her on fire and watch her burn and burn

Burn till she's no more than a fistful of ashes 

Lying on the floor of the boat

I take it and scatter it in the water around me 

Watching it floating and dissolving, becoming one with the ocean

I look around, dawn is breaking 

The sky is turning a blushing pink 

I row back to the shore all alone 

Feeling strangely empty 

Her death was what I wanted all this while 

But now that she's gone, why do I feel so guilty?

Why this hole in my chest? 

I walk back to my life, each step heavy with exhaustion...