You were are and continue to be
A person i wish not to see
Yet as time lapses I know
You keep appearing to me
I don’t want this to be so
But time is a mistress
Always present and known
What will it take to eject
Remove you from my present
My dreams aren’t always a haven
This city despite its size
Provides no departure
A past of that still haunts
Despite my best efforts
You persist always
Please just leave me alone
But it is not you
Those words are not for you
They are for me
For you still live on
Within my waking memories
Within my sleeping thoughts
I strive to expunge you
And maybe one day I finally will