‘My Mind, Departed’ poem
My Mind, Departed by Jonny Benjamin
My mind, departed.
And in it’s place,
A static image
Forevermore; his face.The azure eyes and pale complexion;
His auburn stubble long.
Yet, faded, one particular section:
His smile; like a distant song.For there lay two lips that i onced kissed;
His mouth pouring out
A heart flowing with bliss.Teeth that gilmmered in an instance
Of joy; savaging now,
Since it’s decay from existence.Behind that, his tongue,
And a taste which lingers on;
Like the sadness once the summer seasons gone.Eyes closed or open,
His picture does remain,
And until it disappears
The affliction will sustain.I forget what reasoning is now,
My capacity expired;
I thought a man could only steal the heart,
Never the organs higher.Finally i long for my mind,
To come back to the place,
Where grief lies immortal
In the portrait of his face.