green leaves and the smell of summer sun
through the woods, as fast as we could run
count the stars as they fell one by one.
first time you've heard me laugh.

photographs where your smile touched your ears
such a shame how it faded over the years.
I've never wanted more for you to be near

than when you turned away
and you left me here
the way you said my name
how it cut the ear
the needle received
all of your broken tears
nothing left to do
but wait with my own fears.

I never knew such pain was possible
than to lose all I've been fighting for.

the end of sunlit days
but I can never rest
the taste of *****
salted on my neck.
and I fill my lungs
just to ease the pain
but I've come to learn
that it never goes away.