We don't forget.

We simply cannot.

We lay awake at night,
our eyes closed
but our minds opened
reaching out for each other.

Nearly reaching
but not nearly enough.

-

I awaken.
Alone.

Her heart lay in front of her
exposed for all the world
to peer at
to see

Silence fills the house.
Not a creak
not a peep
Just the sound of my heart
beating
sounding out
to find you.

Breathless

My heart aches out in the night
for your touch.

How much has been left unsaid
in the short waking hours
in which our souls tangle
and weave
until departing
into the darkening sky.

Tonight,
I lay hear
breathless.