I didn't realize the ghosts of where
your lips once hugged my neck,
would leave me cold and breathless.

I didn't realize I'd find my brain
cluttered with memories of you;
daydreams turned into nightmares.

I never considered the butterflies;
the ones I once found exhilarating
until I met you.

And it's in these lonely nights,
that my tears replace
where your head used to rest.