Layers of You

Like sullied paper 
in a crumbling room
or crabgrass invading
my current view,
peeling off the layers of you
at last, has become a task 
no longer pursued.

From a pound of regret,
for every ounce I consumed,
I fashioned a tool
you may find of use.
A gift of surrender from me to you
for the long row to hoe
of forgetting me too.

“Layers of You” is part of the “Forget Me Nots” trilogy

Photo by Alina
January 7, 2012