Wish I could float
I would hover above this broken body
A kiss would take the pain with its lips
A whisper would leave my bones in peace
A look would raise a smile on my pain etched face
I'll await a healing warm embrace

Can you hear me smiling?
Can you touch my kiss?
Can you see me talking?
Can you smell my thoughts?
Can you taste me dreaming?
I think you missed the best of me

I want to write
About
The night
You held me tight
The night
It felt so right
To write
Tonight
About
That night
Your eyes shone bright
With delight
A shining light
That night
Hold on tight
Tonight
It feels so right
Ignite
That light
About
Which I write

Time is my walk in the other direction
When you realise it's not quite the connection
Time is refusing the destruction of self in the face of others determination
Time is the ticking of blood a variation on their attempt at suffocation
Time is the reflection in others eyes
Of the pain of separation
Time is side stepping the devastation
Thank you for the liberation

Face serene in its beauty
Pain etched on her perfect porcelain skin
Smile gives away her vulnerability
Fragility surfacing from deep within

So today is the day.
I played my part
Here I stand
I want to count
The die is cast
An anxious wait
I marked the spot
I passed the test
Remembered
How to spell X

Door creaks
She didn't leave it ajar
Sealed...a moment in time
I can smell frailty
Suspended animation
I'm her creation
I can't save the suffering
Only the tears
Put them on the dusty shelf
I can see her echoes in myself