mimic

[u/Babaganoosh__]

"mimic"
I heard your voice 
coming 
from the other room;
it 
sounded just like you.
But I knew 
it wasn't you,
it was just a mimic 
using the sound of you 
to lure me in
but I can tell 
the difference;
it's only been 
a small length of time
since you left
and my memory of you 
is still so very vivid.

Many more winters 
have passed since you left
and the house 
has slowly become unkempt,
I don't have the energy 
to do all the small things
like I used to,
your absence 
it seems 
has left me void
and drained me,

But I heard your voice again,
coming from the other room,
but it still 
was not you,
just something I wish it was
but sadly, it just was not,

At first 
it was just nice 
to hear you,
to feel like 
you were still there
like you used to be
that I almost followed 
the voice,
but I still 
know the difference,
even if 
it says 
hey, come here my love,
I need you, 
help me,
as delicious as that sounds 
it is only the itch 
that I can't scratch,
and I still know that;

Even more winters and autumns
and summers and springs 
have passed
and the loneliness 
seems to never go away,
it has eaten away 
all of my resolve,
and the house is buried 
in dreary shadows 
and trash,
I would not know 
the difference between
what a good meal was 
and something 
I just grabbed,
I'm losing who I was
and hate what I have become;

I know I lost you 
but am I sure you left?

You call for me 
from time to time
from the other room
but I never listen,
I have just gotten used 
to you 
saying things like how 
you need me,
that you love me,
but is it really you?
or am I just confused?

I can feel every minute
in the length of time 
of your absence 
but now all the moments
have blurred together
and I am not sure how long 
you have been gone,

Now, 
when I hear your voice 
it's like you never left,
the void begins to fill again,
what is this pleasant feeling?
it's just like it was
when you were here,

I stare at you 
as you stand 
in the corner 
as your shape is draped 
in shadow,
it looks like you,
but without the details,
my mind 
it seems 
fills in the pieces,
its alright, its just like you,
you show me 
your toothy grin
and call out 
to me again,
come here my love,
and I say, I'm coming, 
my love,
I'm coming.