“Can you breathe?” the air is asking, as smoke fills my lungs. I am crouched under a leaf, the tears streaming down my face
Dear Man, I’m not going to pretend that I u… Pretend that everything is alright… It’s not. I’m hurt.
Words fail.
I see your face. Lifeless and pale, resting on a pillow of white silk. I try to pretend you’re sleeping, but the tears in my eyes betray me…
I close my eyes to surrender to th… but instead get bombarded by image… Your smile flashes at me from the… Your laughter bubbles out, and it’s like I’ve gone back in ti…
center When I’m with you, I have no worries, but then I don’t see you, don’t talk talk to you,
Cousin. Brother. Best friend. All one person and now he’s dead.
I saw him, standing alone in the rain, crying for someone to love him. Hungry, lost,
This morning, I was so happy. Clean and ready to work. I thought you would care. Care enough to clean me,
I say it with my time. I say it with a rhyme. I say it when I touch you and tell you that you’re mine. I say it with my kisses.
Tapping fingers on a keyboard, writing directly from my mind. Stuck in the numbness of detachmen… not noticing the hours that tick b… Tracks from tears made slowly,
Flowers bloom. Seasons change. Petals fall. Nothing’s the same. It’s been a while
Waking up in darkness, the moon shining through my window… With tear filled eyes I sit up and remember what I was dreaming. His smiling face shining.
center Love is a simple thing, but we complicate it. We muddy it up with doubt and fear… Doubt in ourselves.
Joy, light, happy moments, big smiles, comforting arms,