Leave It All

Keep leaving your shoe
under my green stool



Keep leaving your conditioner
in my shower

Because I know
you have to
come back for those

Keep leaving your hand lotion
beside my bed



Keep leaving your lingerie
between my sheets



I need
to be able
to remember
your smell

Keep leaving love letters
on my pillow



Keep leaving hairs
in my sink

Keep leaving hair pins
in my soap dish



They remind me
that you're not
just a wonderful figment
of my imagination

Keep leaving everything
and anything
so that you don't
really leave
at all

11/10/07