I’m remembering the pain, the day
we rode inside your vehicle for the
last time and you breathed in the
bassline from Ne-Yo’s song, Because
of You, letting it swing a beat in
the warm air, letting its inner rhythm
harmonize with your deep green eyes,
while I sat on the passenger side lifting
a little smile, my heart under the sea,
lost in this vibrant emotion, the years
it took to find an amazing friend to walk
into my life.  And the flooded thoughts were
escaping from beneath the surface, the wave
of tranquility stretched in shadows, the soft
breeze seeping inside my skin, longing to
rewind time and bring back the beautiful
beginnings where it first began, the day
when I first saw you sitting in the rocking
chair swaying back and forth with your head
towards the sky, watching the iridescent poetry
swirling in various melodies, while I gazed at
the dancing trees, how their hypnotic hues
hummed in both science and art,
how their creation of tunes flowed inside
my veins, reaching every distant vessel.  
There was a language of rotating rhythms
both enchanting and sparkling intensifying
underground.  And as I stared sideways at
your glowing presence, I knew inside my heart
that I had found the missing piece.  I know I must
move on, but a part of me still clings to the past,
holding onto that moment, the good times
when I felt like the world had
come to a pause.