Heartbroken

Here's the new poem I promised to add earlier when I got done writing it.  Enjoy, people, and let me know what you think of it.

Heartbroken

I sit on this bench among the roses

saddened, and wishing no one imposes

on my broken heart

that shattered since my love did depart.

This is our bench, his and mine,

and I sit here thinking about our arms entwined

as the fog rolls in.

Suddenly, I feel enveloped in his arms again.

It could all be in my head

because in my heart I know he's dead.

I return every year to this spot

to mourn the love I lost,

and I wish I was buried there

next to the only man who knew me well.

My search continues for a new love

to replace the memories of the one above.

He would want me to be happy and free,

and not wasting my life away under our tree.

I just posted this poem to the 21st Century Poets website as well.  I am also thinking about adding it to the final page of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship document before sending it off into the ether.  Then, I'll add it to my manuscript for "The Trifecta."  Once all that's done, I'll feel like I've accomplished something today.

This is the picture that prompted the poem: