what's left behind

her father
steps out into the room
without clothes.
he's unshaven
and curt.
the steady hand
of his daughter
draws him back into
the bedroom,
to the bathroom.
this lion
of wall street,
now a mere kitten.
at the mercy
of his mind, those
brilliant years
of life
and living have
disappeared, only
the photos show what
was and what's been
left behind.