We are
falling leaves
Blown on
winds of circumstance
Too lost in
the fall
To see the
beauty of life
As we rush
past it to death
Our colors a bright false fire
So that they don't remember our death
But can only remark
On the beauty of our passing
I have
forgotten
More love
than I ever felt
Ruined more
beauty
Than I have
ever noticed
Inhaled the smoke
Of a thousand burning bridges
Misplaced the keys
To a million secret treasures
But I never
forgot you
Or the songs you sang to me
Or how the
world ruined us
When I speak to you
I desire my
words
To reach
your ears like gunshots
Startling
and sharp
Silence
violently lost
Broken by my
softer thoughts
When I speak of you
I desire my words to tear down walls
A disruption of our complacency
Sending my thoughts into your head
Where they mingle with yours
And give birth to new ideas
About who you are
And who you could be
I feel like the captain
Going down with his ship
Call it duty or devotion
Call it folly if you will
To me, the water in my lungs
Feels like love
Adrift on
indifferent seas
Which pull
you further away from me
Than my
thoughts ever pushed you
You smile
from the lifeboat
As waves of
doubt overtake me
And I feel your hands
Pulling me from the depths
Your ghost
is every song I hum
When I don't
realize I'm doing it
And though I sometimes forget the words
Your melody is always with me
Your memory is the
movement of my fingertips
While I lose
myself in thoughts
Drumming along the tabletop
Like a stuttering heartbeat
Or grazing along your skin
Tender brushstrokes
Spelling words I'll never speak
In images you'll never see
You were a masterpiece
A road map of wounds
Telling a beautiful story
And I cried the day
My name appeared on your heart
Alongside the patchwork of old dreams
And new hopes
I knew you were beautiful
The moment I saw your scars
A blank canvas is only beautiful for the potential
A blank book pristine
But empty
You are a masterpiece
A reminder of the beauty
Of a picture painted
And a story told