As long as you breathe, I will inhale you.
And after you are finished breathing,
when you have uttered your final words,
I will speak your sacred name in my throat.
I will visit your grave perhaps once,perhaps often, not to say goodbye,
but to cry and laugh with you.
I will keep your memory alive in my bowels that held your love,
in my mouth that kissed your brow,glistening with sweat.
in the soles of my feet that walked next to you in the market,
in the tips of my fingers that caressed your hair out of your eyes so many
times,
in my nose that captured your ever changing, ever lovely essence,
in my tongue, that called your name during our volcanic passions.
I will have your love in me still,
kiss your brow, always,
walk with you, forever,
sweep your hair, eternally,
smell you, endlessly,
and speak your name until the end of my days,
when is the last word that crosses my lips.
I will never love another.
Originally posted March 7, 2012