Whatever our Mountain is called (not Brokeback)

Whatever Our Mountain is Called

I know
One day I’ll be nothing more
To you
Than a faint memory.
Something, someone, you’ll remember
When your kid comes to you seeking comfort
For a love lost or a teenage heartache.

I know
One day I’ll be nothing more
To you
Than a hidden treasure
You’ll sometimes grab
To remember that
Once upon a time you were loved beyond love
And wanted beyond will.

I know that my place
In your life is never next to you.
It is way back in your head, your mind, your body.
And even if you do remember me
It is with that feeling that once you had a love that
Could have been bigger than anything.
Anything you had ever seen.
Anything you had ever known.
Anything you had ever felt.

But you chose the other way.
And I had no other way but
To choose your way.

Because not having anything of you
Was still worse
Than having only that echo of you.
That precious echo.

I do hope it will give comfort
To your kid when the time comes.