She gazed at the picture, a tribute to a life she once had.

It was them, then, when everything was perfect, and everything was an illusion.

Before the lies, deceit, and treachery. There, in that frame, forever.

There

I took it for granted,

the way you always knew

what I wanted

When I saw you

my heart no longer had a need

to force the words through troubled seas.

You were always there.

In my sleep,

in my dreams,

You no longer seem to be.

A light I cannot seize

An Ambition forces me

To move ever closer

to you.

A level I cannot reach

Kindness, like a leech,

Steals the pain I want so Desperately.

No need, no need,

to speak

The lies I never had to keep,

for You were always There.