I listened, you heard.
All we really need
Are these silences.
Splendid
Talkative
Irrational
Silences.

I drew a deceitful little sketch of you.
I put your nose where your mouth should have been.
I just couldn't bear your perfection anymore,
My own private little pay back
As you remain totally unaffected.

I see your face-
In the darkest moonless sky
In the shadows that once scared me
In the power of life to leave me powerless
In the prayers that left my soul as silent screams
I see your face-
In my mirror.

Like a leaf tossed around in the autumn wind,
Bruised but beautiful.
Life brings forth its frightful storms, but quietly-
Teaches us resilience.

Molten lava
Melting chocolate
Limpid pools
Your eyes
Reflected
In still water.

Certain thoughts of you are python-like, crushing my bones in circular hungry strength; grooming me for consumption. Certain thoughts of you are like gentle swirls of silken feathers against the skin of my being, breathing life into my nothingness.

You linger.
How I wish you didn't.
But there you are
In someone else's
Aftershave.
In the cinnamon
In my coffee.
In the kind words
Of a close friend.
In a half remembered
Song.
In a dream
In a shadow
In a cloud
You linger.