Negative Print

We only talk in silhouettes

Say just enough to draw the outline

You said, Don't remember me like this

But you framed it in the light just right

All that's left is contrast

And your voice in monochrome

I held the photo up to the sun

And you burned right through the tone

You left a mark like a negative print

Not the shape of you, but the space where you've been

I try to recall the feeling

But it slips through like light through film

You left a mark like a negative print

Not your smile, but the lack of it since

I keep the ghost

And forget the skin

There's no undo button

For things that blur in real time

You walked out mid-sentence

And I've filled in the lines

I could lie and say I'm grateful

That you left some things unclear

But I keep running fingers

Along the cracks you left here

You left a mark like a negative print

Not the shape of you, but the space where you've been

I try to recall the feeling

But it slips through like light through film

What we had

Wasn't captured

Just exposed

And gone