You were a cigarette
Insatiable, I ******
You dry,
The wisps frantically wavering
And then escaping into the air around me and
Like an ephemeral curl of smoke you were gone as soon as you appeared
You got away and all I wanted was to
Breathe you into my lungs and hold you there
The scent lingering on my fingertips when I hold you close to my lips
No one else knew how the whisper of you
Clung to my lips and my breath when
You had gone away for good.
I couldn’t hold you close enough for long
And you slipped between my fingers.
Burning bright and settling upon the earth till the
Embers themselves lost their light
And it was like you were never there in the first place