Living Ghost

It was way too easy,
really.

I put your still wet toothbrush
in the case you never unpacked anyway
next to the cologne with the scent
that will someday sweep past me
on an unsuspecting sidewalk
at an inappropriate moment
and make my knees weak
as I taste your kiss again
And your living ghost
haunts my heart with memories
of what was true
and not what wasn't.

You were instantly in my soul
and evolved into my home.
I gathered you up quickly
but I can never get you out.