Maybe I should have written them all down
All of the conversations I had with you in my head
Perhaps then it would be easier to understand me

Memories give way to today
To the weight of the day
The way it was played
Just the trap that waylaid
A debt never paid
On a promise never made

This frame was built to soar
In the darkest depths of space
In the heart of an exploding star
Dimension defining a perfect state

It wasn't feeling your skin against mine,
Or your breath whispering in my ear...

It wasn't feeling the heat of your body,
Or the wild intellect burning in your eyes...

It wasn't your fire lighting up my entire universe,
Or the electric ecstasy in every breath between us...

It was thinking that you felt it too,
And believing we would for eternity.

A blank page blinks
Begging words to appear
I can't seem to think
Months lapse into years

Shake the ink from the pen
Alchemy art from grieving
Change a loss to a win
Turn that mill for demons

Crank out another liter
'Til the pump's run dry
Claw up one last meter
Over that ****'s the sky

I mean, what's 30 years between friends?
                                          between talks?
                                          between hugs?
                                          between kisses?

Ascending shadows free frigid forest
From silently stalking sylvan guest
Lilac light lilting songbirds astir
Crystals cascade from ruffled fur
Halting hoof crinkles tinkling grass
Seeking silver trickling under glass
Softly stifled step echoes eerily alone
Tickling giggling reply from icy stone
Drinking doe darts sight unseen
Elusive as spring in this snowy scene