To find you in ink spilled countless times on sheets of paper To find you in a stranger's cologne To find you in places where sound easily echo To find you in flowers stepped on To find you in damp pillow cases To find you in the push and pull of the waves To find you in keyholes of broken locks To find you in the emptiness in the safe To find you in my violent storms of prayer To find you in solemn curses To find you in diary entries To find you in coffee stains in my journal To find you lost in translation (her lips never said it quite right) To find you in cracks on the pavement To find you in harsh sunlight breaking in my windowsills To find you in my lamplight at 3am To find you in beautiful things To find you in Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night To find you in somebody else's love letters To find you in cruel reality To find you in actual nights, starless To find you in places that lack comfort To find you in places filled with familiar warmth To find you no longer in my shores but at least in the horizon To find you in your absence
Was rummaging through old pieces from workshop last summer and found this from the exercises. Funny how I predicted our downfall and the aftermath. Wishing I wrote about finding you in the happier things that still would've applied back then instead.