a time will come
when my name
will no longer rest
at the tip of your tongue,
echoing in your ears
like our footsteps in gravel
and i'll be replaced
by an undisturbed silence

soon,
your beautiful heart
will no longer beat
to the sound of my voice
and we'll both forget
the creases in each other's smiles
and the way our hands
clasped together gently
as if we cradled the whole world
in the spaces between
our fingers

i think i'll miss you forever
and once i forget
the color of your eyes,
i hope i'll find the hidden courage
to find your smile in the stars
and to unveil the fingerprints
you left behind on my soul