i once heard someone say
that souls were created
in two parts,
destined to spend their lifetime
searching the ends of the earth
for their missing half.
now i know,
that you were mine.
even now you are gone
and my weary bones
ache for you with each breath
all i can think
is how lucky i am
to have found and loved you
more intensely than the sun
burns in the heavens,
than never at all.

the moonlight
which i once longed for
like a lover yearning
for just one more taste,
now leaves me aching.
i no longer look forward
to the velvet nights
that i once found such comfort in,
for in the darkness
all i can see
is your ghost.

on frozen ground i lay
your love clawing at my chest
i am your servant
your demon in the night.
an icy kiss
whispers across my throat,
now it is clear;
you are my sweetest demise.

it's been longer than i'd like to admit
since i last heard your voice
with your uncanny ability
to turn my blood into liquid gold.
i can no longer hear you
calling my name,
but i can still taste the honey
that poured from your lips
as i drowned in each sacred kiss.