Centerpiece

It was the centerpiece in my life

The heavy, but very much welcomed weight. 

Yet, I no longer linger on its existence

Or wish it to be mine again.

But I do sit with my good memories,

Remembering what I loved most.

Each day now, I awake to find it.

To find the one thing to make me feel complete.

I no longer feel I am lacking anything

As this feels like something I never had.

So now I linger...

I linger on something new,

Something that I don't even know....

My mind frees, my body relaxes,

I just want to feel it all.

It was the centerpiece of my life

It was everything I was and everything I had.

But like all centerpieces, it faded.

It dried up, aged, became different. 

I suppose I need a new one.....

~~grb  10/17/2013