Motionless
Still
Still like the air that surrounded us
Motionless beauty
And here we sit
Still
Watching, and calculating
Who would speak first?
Disrupting the peace of this natural situation
Are you cold? Would you like a drink?
But I sit here
Still
Soft white petals on the moonlit surface
“Aren't they beautiful?”
You asked
But the light behind your eyes was anything but
We talked for hours upon hours as lillies danced
And then we sat again
Still
Still as my breath when I asked you out numerous times
Still as my heart when I asked you to be mine
Still as the frozen lilly pond we put outside our house in winter
We warmed ourselves inside being anything but
As I praised your body
Still as the air that surrounds us in the doctor
Nine months later
Still as the child spirited away from you
Lilly
Still as our quiet cold house
Motionless mourning
Spring came and the lilies bloomed
And I found you floating in your favorite pond surrounded in white soft petals
Still
I stared
And sat there
Still.
Feb 1, 2021
Feb 1, 2021 at 2:04 AM UTC