Title: Maria Author: Tara/deah Written: 8/12/00 Author's Notes: Michael's post break up poem I clung to her last look- Wrapping myself within, Yesterday behind me, Destiny before me; Her eyes, pleading and raw- I see in my sleep, My goodbye, The meaning dawning in them; The smallness of her body- As it laid against my arm, I still feel, Phantom memories haunting me; Alone I lay here- Thinking of the river between, The words that held us together, Now have pulled us apart; Voids filled by her- Are open wide again, Comfort has fled, Sacrificed forever; So, I take my pleasure- Romancing the past, of the days I felt wanted, By the person I let go.