I remember the touch of your hand Still like a soft mist touching my skin As we held each other on that hill In the morning, in the fog Warm water around each other And the bubbling of the igneous spring Steam surrounding your eyes like some veil Beauty eternal, graceful, and serene.
I remember too your hair Blowing in the wind freely The salt breeze filling our breath The horizon burnt in orange Cool breeze dancing off the waves Gulls gleefully cry above The bobbing of the ferry Steady, your head on my shoulder.
I remember more when I was sick And chills racked me with exhaustion You stayed that night, holding me close The hum of traffic around our room Your heat was warmer than the tea you made And your breath a lullaby Lights of cars flashing in the room Stars in your russet eyes.
I remember Christmas morning, Our coffee steaming in the veranda The yuletide silence as we sat together The bay and piers alight in flaming red Your yukata flowed gracefully And the sun rested on your cheeks Lit as well as the hills around the sea Your smile, a pearl among them.
I remember the last time Neither of us slept Two losses in one night One a friend One you, for longer than I thought The beginning of three years But I still remember you You cried, I held you I remember and always will.