I carry you like a second heartbeat,
quiet, steady, under all my noise
We will never share another sunrise,
never trade one more ordinary word
and still, you are the place my soul returns to
It is an ache that learned my name
Some days it sits soft in my chest,
like monsoon air before the rain
Some days it sharpens,
a missing tooth in the smile I give the world
I won’t see you again in this life
No doors will open with your step,
no chair will pull out just for me
And yet, I meet you everywhere
In the kindness I choose when I am tired,
in the way I stay, even when leaving would be easier
What is this?
to love someone beyond the reach of hands,
to build a forever out of memory a
But my heart refuses to close
Because loving you taught me how big it could be
So I will hold you there...
in the quiet room behind my ribs
where time doesn’t end things
Not met again
Never gone
Forever, with you
