You Asked For It

Forgotten whispers and promises
crumpled up in an old letter
covered in wine stains and scribbles.

Time rewinds and stands still,
walls that had been meticulously built
knocked down with one breath.

She came back, uninvited, unwanted,
and laughed because she had never really left.
She had just waited.

Reminding me of
days on the river
days in the rain
nights spent talking,
wrapped up in thought.

And just when I got comfortable with all the memories,
she slipped away,
taking it back again and leaving me with nothing.