I Don’t Want to be a Reminder

I don’t want to be a reminder
Or memory
Of the former glory
Of your lover

To give that memory
Sustenance
And aliveness
Of what is no longer

In real life

I am me
My life that
Made me
Uniquely me

No matter how much
Similarities
That reminds you of your 
Former flame 

I am me
My life that 
Made me
Uniquely me

In all of its
Aliveness
Sustenance
Glory

And of course
Shadows

In real life 

Love me
For who I am
Uniquely me
In real life

As I breathe
And live
In this vessel that is me
In this life

I am not your memory
Or your reminder
Of the lost glory
That is your former flame

Love me
For who I am
Uniquely me
In real life

I am me
My life that 
Made me
Uniquely me

In real life