Today
It feels like
phantoms of forever
since i
have thought of you
Yet this morning
when the rain lulled
me awake
there you
were
Inhaled with my first conscious breath
my
heart
choked and
sputtered in loss
I glance above
stacks of unwanted
paper trophies
intent on the X's slashed in different shades
of heartache
The days
months and
years crossed out
on a
creature boxing me in
Recording my
shame
Names stare accusingly
at me
in
frantic bubble style print
from the hole in
my wall
Counting down
has beens and
have nots
The silence thunders in me
Til my alarm
snatches me back
from the Tri Cities of
Nowhere,
Never Gonna Be &
Aww Shucksville
I kick off
layered blankets and breathe you
out
Exhaling with the lilt
of laughter
And the
memory of your crooked
smile