This heart breaks wide open
This heart breaks
wide open with the loss of you.
You’re so close, and yet
I’ll never see you again.
I’ll never see you
the way I used to:
tender,
trusting,
loving so completely.
Memories continue to rise,
impossible embers smoldering
under acres of ash.
This desolate land of lovers
reminds me of us.
The many faces of joy
I used to contribute to,
and now —
try hard not to remember.
