Love doesn’t live here anymore <br />It walked out and slammed the door <br />It packed it memories and faded photographs <br />It took its dreams, it took its laughs <br />A vacuum sucked out every passion <br />Leaving a stale fragrance out of fashion <br />Love has lost my home address <br />A saddened frown left to pick up the mess <br />Pain a daily companion to which I must confess <br />Every obstacle a mountain I must impress <br />Our companionship no longer entwined <br />Face value and insanity combined <br />Love doesn’t live here anymore <br />I’ve been this way before <br />I know there is going to be some pain <br />And bitter tears will flow like rain <br />It took all that was good <br />Did more damage than it should <br />Your picture doesn’t hang on my wall <br />How it disappeared I can’t recall <br />It must have fallen when you slammed the door <br />And shattered all my dreams forever more <br />All the bridges were burned from here to there <br />Left no trail, just suffering and despair <br />Love doesn’t live here anymore <br />No more treats from the candy store <br />The desire went out with the trash <br />Leaving a deeper than deep moral gash <br />Now tears fall from the sky <br />Filling up an ocean with each sigh <br />The mirror in the bathroom is cracked <br />We never saw the life lines that we lacked <br />We didn’t bother to pick up the pieces <br />Or the bitterness and harm that it releases <br />So I’ll just sadly lock the door <br />Because love doesn’t live here anymore<br /><br />Alfred Ramos<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-doesn-t-live-here-anymore/
