~without shadows
I know I've loved you before
you were the perfect taste
bodied in dandelions
in the late summer air
you smuggled sunrise
to the moon's other side
I know I've loved you before
& I was strong in the stillness
in bare fields of winter's solstice
too naked to be cold
your voice wandered through me
the echo of our footprints
shame this darkness for what grief
brings the heart
blame its changing beat, bearing the weight
one last breath, just shy of memory
I know if I loved you then, I'll love you
forever
& if forever is a lonely room
I'll stand in that space you left
waiting
lah 1.18.17
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