Muted familiar fragrances 
Distant fleeting recollections 
This beauty I had come to know 
Shatters 
Then recedes 
In brittle air 

Aimless vagrant waters 
Draw me out with the tide 
Gasping, slowing descending 
Screaming toward the shore 

Painful persistent images 
Disrupts my sleep 
Intrudes in dreams 
Faint droning echoes within the walls 
Veiled reminders 
Of regret time will hold