What Remains

Lose you like a tooth
New growth from the root
Temporary
Placeholder for the new tool
The solid set
Reject
Push beyond
In my head
Out of this body
Time forgets
No regrets
But it goes to rest
Won’t have to say it
But you must know
It’s not a fault but an eternal loop
What a way to go though
Won’t pretend it doesn’t hurt
There isn’t blood
I’m not alert
To the absence
The tender spot
My soul will hold for you
Inadequate as you are
Fleeting as this was
All consuming for a beat of time
A memory now
Always mine