I've watched you
through these years
give yourself away.

It happened slowly,
nearly unnoticed,
like a slight faucet drip
with every forced smile
you handed away small
pieces of yourself.

I wonder if
you felt
it was a worthy
compromise?

Sometimes, still,
I search you
for that lost spark
of who you
once were.

I can't help but
remember
when your eyes
held hopes and dreams
instead of the scathing
sadness of regret.

~Eric Vance Walton~

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