Images of you
Flash through my mind
Each song the radio plays
Holds a memory
Of a moment with you
As the music drones on
I can see your smile
Hear your laugh
I close my eyes
To shut out the pain
but it is a lost cause
For am the keeper of the flame.

My dreams are haunted
by your whispers
Promises of undying love
Intimate laughter
Memories of your touch
burn my skin
I am awake
Alone
The smell of you
on my pillow.

Tears run down my face
Trying to ease the fire
That still burns inside
All I hold in my hands
are the ashes of the past
But I am the keeper of the flame

Holding on to the hope
that your promises will still come true
That someday you will return
and deep inside
You too carry a spark
of what we once were.