To the Woman You Never

to the woman you never

to the woman you never
grew into –
these photos make
less and less
sense when i
contemplate your tender
age, your face,
and at once, am
forced to despair
in two selves: the
younger one who lost
you back then, the older
one who holds
fistfuls of empty
memories
.

Yi Ching Lin

Posted over on Yi's Bits on "Healthy Doses"